Risk of cancer among firefighters in California, 1988-2007

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• Personal Author:
  Calvert, Geoffrey M. ; Cress RD ; Deapen DM ; Luckhaupt SE ; Schumacher P ; Tsai RJ
• Description:
  Background: Most studies of firefighter cancer risks were conducted prior to 1990 and do not reflect risk from advances in building materials. Methods: A case-control study using California Cancer Registry data (1988-2007) was conducted to evaluate the risk of cancer among firefighters, stratified by race. Results: This study identified 3,996 male firefighters with cancer. Firefighters were found to have a significantly elevated risk for melanoma (odds ratio [OR] = 1.8; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.4-2.1), multiple myeloma (OR 1.4; 95%CI 1.0-1.8), acute myeloid leukemia (OR 1.4; 95%CI 1.0-2.0), and cancers of the esophagus (OR 1.6; 95%CI 1.2-2.1), prostate (OR 1.5; 95%CI 1.3-1.7), brain (OR 1.5; 95%CI 1.2-2.0), and kidney (OR 1.3; 95%CI 1.0-1.6). Conclusions: In addition to observing cancer findings consistent with previous research, this study generated novel findings for firefighters with race/ethnicity other than white. It provides additional evidence to support the association between firefighting and several specific cancers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Construction Materials Emergency Responders Firefighters Men Neoplasms Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Cancer Cancer Construction-materials Emergency-responders Exposure-levels Fire-fighters Fire-fighting Firefighters Humans Occupation Racial-factors Registry Rescue-workers Risk Risk-factors Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Surveillance

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046238
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2015 Jul; 58(7):715-729
• Contact Point Address:
  Rebecca J.Tsai, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, R-17, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  rtsai@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a699a08eac90134c94f5066c1eed1590d7729e6d5e564e2394160c911a06d27d1a9fb173d63724d2dcdebac874291e1b842fe32d903defadf01f511a7db6e60b
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201351/cdc_201351_DS1.pdf
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