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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
6
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1999-1-12
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pubmed:abstractText |
Occupational exposures were assessed in a case-control study on testicular cancer using self administered questionnaires. Answers were obtained for 148 (91%) cases and 314 (87%) controls. Of the cases 101 had seminoma and 47 had embryonal testicular cancer. Occupational plastics work yielded odds ratio (OR) 2.9 with 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.3-6.5. Increased risk was found for embryonal cancer regarding farming (OR 3.1; CI 1.03-9.1) and contact with farm animals (OR 3.3; CI 1.00-10.9), but not for seminoma. For all testicular cancer exposure to insects repellents, mostly containing N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) gave OR 1.7; CI 1.03-2.8, with a dose-response effect. Somewhat increased risks were found for amateur radio operators (OR 2.2; CI 0.7-6.6), work with radar equipment (OR 2.0; CI 0.3-14.2) and engineers in electronics and telecommunication industry (OR 2.3; CI 0.8-6.7) based on few exposed subjects, however. Video display unit work gave OR 1.5; CI 0.98-2.3 and for exposure 480 working days (median number) the risk increased further to OR 1.8; CI 1.1-3.2. Because of low numbers of exposed subjects in some calculations some of these results might be spurious and need to be further studied.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Dec
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pubmed:issn |
1019-6439
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
13
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1299-303
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Case-Control Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Multivariate Analysis,
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Occupational Exposure,
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Odds Ratio,
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Polyvinyl Chloride,
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Questionnaires,
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Risk Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:9824648-Testicular Neoplasms
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pubmed:year |
1998
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Case-control study on risk factors for testicular cancer.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Oncology, Orebro Medical Center, S-701 85 Orebro, Sweden.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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