Cancer incidence among seamen in iceland
Abstract The cancer incidence was investigated among 27,884 fishermen and sailors from the merchant fleet who had been members of a pension fund for seamen during 1958‐1986 in Iceland. The cancer incidence was followed through 1966‐1988. Expected values were based on rates for the general male popul...
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crwiley:10.1002/ajim.4700270204 2024-06-02T08:08:35+00:00 Cancer incidence among seamen in iceland Rafnsson, Vilhjálmur Gunnarsdóttir, Hólmfridur 1995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.4700270204 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajim.4700270204 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajim.4700270204 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor American Journal of Industrial Medicine volume 27, issue 2, page 187-193 ISSN 0271-3586 1097-0274 journal-article 1995 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.4700270204 2024-05-03T11:43:15Z Abstract The cancer incidence was investigated among 27,884 fishermen and sailors from the merchant fleet who had been members of a pension fund for seamen during 1958‐1986 in Iceland. The cancer incidence was followed through 1966‐1988. Expected values were based on rates for the general male population in Iceland. In the whole cohort, 758 malignant neoplasms had occurred as compared to 688.43 expected, standardized incidence ratio (SIR) = 1.10, 95% confidence limit (CI) 1.03‐1.18. There was an excess for cancer of the stomach, rectum, larynx, and lung and nonmelanoma skin cancer; the SIRs were 1.29, 1.44, 1.77, 1.61, and 1.51, respectively. When analyzing the cancer incidence according to length of employment, the SIRs for many of the cancer sites were high for those with a short employment and many SIRs decreased with increasing length of employment. The SIRs for lung cancer were high in all subgroups. Only for stomach cancer and leukemia was there a substantial increase in SIR with increasing length of employment. The SIR was 1.55 for stomach cancer (CI 1.01‐2.27) in the group with longer than 10 years of employment, and 1.97 for leukemia (CI 0.85‐3.87) in the same group. It is concluded that the risk of both stomach and lung cancer seems to be associated with the occupation of seamen. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library American Journal of Industrial Medicine 27 2 187 193 |
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Abstract The cancer incidence was investigated among 27,884 fishermen and sailors from the merchant fleet who had been members of a pension fund for seamen during 1958‐1986 in Iceland. The cancer incidence was followed through 1966‐1988. Expected values were based on rates for the general male population in Iceland. In the whole cohort, 758 malignant neoplasms had occurred as compared to 688.43 expected, standardized incidence ratio (SIR) = 1.10, 95% confidence limit (CI) 1.03‐1.18. There was an excess for cancer of the stomach, rectum, larynx, and lung and nonmelanoma skin cancer; the SIRs were 1.29, 1.44, 1.77, 1.61, and 1.51, respectively. When analyzing the cancer incidence according to length of employment, the SIRs for many of the cancer sites were high for those with a short employment and many SIRs decreased with increasing length of employment. The SIRs for lung cancer were high in all subgroups. Only for stomach cancer and leukemia was there a substantial increase in SIR with increasing length of employment. The SIR was 1.55 for stomach cancer (CI 1.01‐2.27) in the group with longer than 10 years of employment, and 1.97 for leukemia (CI 0.85‐3.87) in the same group. It is concluded that the risk of both stomach and lung cancer seems to be associated with the occupation of seamen. |
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Cancer incidence among seamen in iceland |
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Cancer incidence among seamen in iceland |
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Cancer incidence among seamen in iceland |
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Cancer incidence among seamen in iceland |
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cancer incidence among seamen in iceland |
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