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Assessment of cancer clusters using limited cohort data with spreadsheets: application to a leukemia cluster among rubber workers.
| Τίτλος: | Assessment of cancer clusters using limited cohort data with spreadsheets: application to a leukemia cluster among rubber workers. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Smith AH; Department of Biomedical and Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley 94720., Duggan HM, Wright C |
| Πηγή: | American journal of industrial medicine [Am J Ind Med] 1994 Jun; Vol. 25 (6), pp. 813-23. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8101110 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0271-3586 (Print) Linking ISSN: 02713586 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Ind Med Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: New York Ny : Wiley-Blackwell Original Publication: New York : Alan R. Liss, c1980- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted* , Rubber*, Leukemia/*epidemiology , Occupational Diseases/*epidemiology, Adult ; Cluster Analysis ; Humans ; Risk Factors |
| Περίληψη: | This paper presents methods for initial investigation of occupational cancer clusters using limited data. Phase 1 of the methods developed uses basic data from the cluster of cases, but with cohort data limited to the size of the workforce at the plant. Phase 2 of the methods requires knowledge of the number of workers entering and leaving the workforce in each year. In the absence of data concerning age, the spreadsheet programs explore a variety of worker age distributions in synthetic cohort analyses. The methods were used to assess a cluster of six cases of leukemia with an average duration of work of 11 years in a tire manufacturing plant. It was concluded that the relative risk for the age range 30-50 was at least 7, providing further evidence for the association of leukemia with work in tire manufacture. The use of spreadsheet programs can provide a valuable first step assessment of apparent workplace cancer clusters. |
| Substance Nomenclature: | 9006-04-6 (Rubber) |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 19940601 Date Completed: 19940916 Latest Revision: 20190830 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ajim.4700250606 |
| PMID: | 8067359 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0271-3586 |
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| DOI: | 10.1002/ajim.4700250606 |