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ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2017

Cancer incidence among capacitor manufacturing workers exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls.

Avima M Ruder, Misty J Hein, Nancy B Hopf, Martha A Waters

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Article in American journal of industrial medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Avima M RuderNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Misty J HeinNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Nancy B HopfInstitute for Work and Health (IST), Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland.
Martha A WatersNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Applied Research and Technology, Cincinnati, Ohio.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health · USInstitute for Work and Health · CH

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe evaluated cancer incidence in a cohort of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposed workers.

methodsIncident cancers, identified using state registries, were compared to those in a national population using standardized incidence ratios. Trends in prostate cancer incidence with cumulative PCB exposure were evaluated using standardized rate ratios and Cox regression models. For selected sites, cumulative PCB exposure was compared between aggressive (fatal/distant stage) and localized/regional cancers.

resultsWe identified 3,371 invasive first primary cancer diagnoses among 21,317 eligible workers through 2007. Overall relative incidence was reduced. Elevations were only observed for respiratory cancers and among women, urinary organ cancers. Among men, prostate cancer incidence was reduced and not associated with cumulative PCB exposure although median exposures were significantly higher for aggressive compared to localized/regional prostate cancers.

conclusionPreviously observed associations between cumulative PCB exposure and prostate cancer mortality were not confirmed in this analysis; prostate cancer stage at diagnosis may explain the discrepancy. Am. J. Ind. Med. 60:198-207, 2017. Published 2016. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.

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PMID28059454
PMCPMC5511733
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