non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and occupation in Sweden: a registry based analysis.

Abstract

Incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in different employment categories was evaluated from the Swedish Cancer-Environment Registry, which links cancer incidence during 1961 to 1979 with occupational information from the 1960 census. New associations were found for men employed in shoemaking and shoe repair, porcelain and earthenware industries, education, and other white collar occupations. Several findings supported associations found in other countries, including excesses among woodworkers, -furniture makers, electric power plant workers, farmers, dairy workers, lorry drivers, and other land transport workers. Risks were not increased among chemists, chemical or rubber manufacturing workers, or petrochemical refinery workers. Caution must be used in drawing causal inferences from these linked registry data because information on exposure and duration of employment is not available. Nevertheless, this study has suggested new clues to possible occupational determinants of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (British Journal of Industrial Medicine 1993;50:79-84) During the past few decades, incidence of nonHodgkin's lymphoma has been increasing in many countries including Sweden, particularly among the elderly."q Although some of this increase may reflect diagnostic improvements, environmental and occupational factors have also been implicated.5 The relation of occupational exposures to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has not been extensively evaluated,

Cancer risk among Finnish food industry workers

“…43 We did not find an excess in non-Hodgkin lymphomas, but we found an elevated risk of non-CLL. There is no significant benzene or ionizing radiation exposure in the Finnish dairy industry, which would explain this association.…”

Occupational, environmental, and life-style factors associated with the risk of hematolymphopoietic malignancies in women

“…Male teachers were not at risk in our data. A Swedish study suggests an increased risk for multiple myeloma [Linet et al, 1994] for female teachers and a risk for non-Hodgkin's lymphomas among male teachers [Linet et al, 1993]. An excess of hairy cell leukemia was reported in a study in Los Angeles County [Bernstein et al, 1990].…”

Lymphatic and hematopoietic cancer in teachers

“…This study linked data on occupation for Swedish men from the 1960 census with cancer registrations during 1961-1979 and calculated standardized cumulative incidence ratios for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in each occupation, with expected numbers of cases based on 5-year birth cohort, gender, and region-specific rates for the general population (30). The incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was significantly elevated both for school teachers (14 cases, SIR 2.1,95% CI 1.2-3.5) and for special teachers (24 cases, SIR 1.6,95% CI 1.0-2.4).…”