Risk of Urinary Bladder Cancer Among Blacks and Whites: The Role of Cigarette Use and Occupation

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• Personal Author:
  Burns PB ; Swanson GM
• Description:
  A case-control study was conducted in the United States to examine the relationship between urinary bladder cancer, usual occupation and industry, and cigarette smoking. A total of 2,160 bladder cancer cases and 3,979 colon and rectum comparison cases, with complete histories of occupation and tobacco use, were included in the analysis. Ever having smoked cigarettes significantly elevated bladder cancer risk (odds ratio = 2.4). A dose-response relationship was demonstrated between bladder cancer and pack-years of smoking, usual number of cigarettes smoked per day, and number of years having smoked. This study observes greater risk of urinary bladder cancer due to cigarette smoking among Black males and females than among White males and females. A significant excess of bladder cancer was found among armed services personnel; this excess was restricted to White males when the analysis was performed separately by race. Black males with 'mechanic' as their usual occupation had a significant sevenfold excess of bladder cancer. The population attributable risks for occupation and smoking were 25 percent and 51 percent, respectively. The results demonstrate the strength of the association between cigarette smoking and bladder cancer and the need to control for smoking in occupational analyses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Neoplasms Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics Smoke Smokers Tobacco Products
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Blacks Bladder Cancer Cancer Rates Cigarette Smoking Gender Factors Occupational Risk Factors Occupations Racial Factors Smoking Tobacco Smoke United States

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• ISSN:
  0957-5243
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  371-379
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058991
• Citation:
  Cancer Causes Control 1991 Nov; 2(6):371-379
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr G. Marie Swanson, Professor of Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, A-211 East Fee Hall, East Lansing, M148824-1316, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan Cancer Foundation, Detroit, Michigan
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19840928
• Source Full Name:
  Cancer Causes and Control
• End Date:
  19940929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fad427783c6649dc0acde536e0f3456c2ce8fcb25d296ef9b1422dc0b824861714e507c120b04736e792cf1dcc06ed827f19b6a048268148476abc717a2f65ed
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223331/cdc_223331_DS1.pdf
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