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APPENDIX C Description of Case-Control Studies of All Selected Cancers as Related to Exposure to Asbestos
Pages 255-270

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... APPENDIX C Description of Case-Control Studies of All Selected Cancers as Related to Exposure to Asbestos 255
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... Laryngeal cancer cases diagnosed in southern 204 laryngeal 1981 Ontario in 1977-1979; neighborhood controls (184 men and matched on sex, age 20 women)
From page 257...
... APPENDIX C 257 Analysis; Adjustment Number of Relevant for Potential Controlsb Exposures Exposure Assessment Confounders 100 Asbestos In-person interview with Unconditional logistic standardized questionnaire regression; smoking, covering lifetime alcohol consumption, occupational history with age exposure checklist 819 Asbestos Interview with Unconditional logistic standardized questionnaire regression; study assessing jobs held at least centre, age, tobacco 1 year; job titles coded; smoking, consumption panel of industrial of alcohol, SES, dietary hygienists and occupational variables, other agents; physicians assessed Boffetta et al.
From page 258...
... ; controls selected through RDD Dietz et al. Laryngeal cancer cases diagnosed at the 257 laryngeal 2004 Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck (236 men and Surgery university hospitals of Heidelberg and 21 women)
From page 259...
... APPENDIX C 259 Analysis; Adjustment Number of Relevant for Potential Controlsb Exposures Exposure Assessment Confounders 959 Asbestos Interview assessing work Logistic regression; histories (job title and age, study area, duration) ; jobs coded and residence type, JEM applied for six specific migration, family agents gastric cancer history, quetelet index, total caloric, protein, and vitamin C intake 509 (for Asbestos In-person interview with Unconditional logistic asbestos standardized questionnaire regression; age, analysis, 352 assessing lifetime residence, education, excluding occupational histories and income, tobaccosubjects with exposure to specific agents smoking and type, colorectal alcohol consumption cancer)
From page 260...
... 260 ASBESTOS TABLE C.1 Continued Referencea Population Number of Casesb Ekstrom Gastric cancer cases, 40-79 yr old, residing in one 565 gastric et al. 1999 of five counties, born in Sweden, and diagnosed in 1989-1995, identified and histologically confirmed by participating clinicians from all hospitals in the study area; controls randomly selected from the population register Elci et al.
From page 261...
... APPENDIX C 261 Analysis; Adjustment Number of Relevant for Potential Controlsb Exposures Exposure Assessment Confounders 1,164 Asbestos In-person interview with Unconditional logistic professional interviewer; regression; age, sex occupational epidemiologists to assess type of exposure and duration from self-reports of exposure and job titles 1,519 Asbestos In-person interview with Unconditional logistic standardized questionnaire regression; age, assessing lifetime smoking, alcohol occupational history, consumption tobacco and alcohol use; industrial hygienist performed JEM exposure assignments 658 Asbestos Mailed questionnaire Mantel-Haenszel; age, (330 men and assessing occupational sex, physical activity 328 women) history (job titles)
From page 262...
... White, male laryngeal cancer cases diagnosed in 47 laryngeal 1979 3 counties of Washington through the Cancer Surveillance System in 1976-1977; neighborhood controls matched on sex, race, age Krstev et al. Stomach cancer cases, 21-79 yr old, diagnosed at 443 stomach 2005 22 hospitals and eight endoscopic centers in (285 men and Warsaw, Poland, in 1994-1996; controls randomly 158 women)
From page 263...
... 641 Asbestos Interview with standardized Unconditional logistic questionnaire assessing regression; age, region, lifestyle and environmental alcohol consumption, factors; occupational tobacco-smoking hygienist assigned exposure intensity, probability to 17 specific occupational exposures 541 Asbestos Responses to mailed Mantel-Haenszel questionnaire on work analysis stratified on history, chemical age and urban vs rural exposures, and lifestyle residence factors interpreted to determine ever-never status for asbestos exposure. 1,158 Asbestos Evidence of pleural plaques Standardized incidence on chest x-rays regarded as ratio (observed/ indirect proof of asbestos expected)
From page 264...
... ; there at least 5 years and 18 years old; population 5 hypopharynx controls selected from electoral rolls and matched on sex and age Marchand Male cases of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer 315 laryngeal et al. 2000 diagnosed in 15 hospitals in six cities in France in 206 hypopharyngeal 1989-1991; hospital, cancer controls selected Merletti Male oral- and oropharyngeal cancer cases, 86 oral cavity or et al.
From page 265...
... (1997) JEM exposure assignments analyzed same study population in terms of occupation and industry, while Menvielle et al.
From page 266...
... Shettigara Male cases of laryngeal cancer diagnosed at 43 laryngeal and Morgan Toronto General Hospital and resident of 1975 metropolitan Toronto in 1974; neighborhood controls matched on sex and age Spiegelman Cases of colon and rectal cancer and cancer 370 colon and Wegman controls selected from sample of Third National (218 men and 1985 Cancer Survey of incident cancers in seven US 152 women) ; metropolitan areas and two states in 1969-1971; 175 rectal digestive and occupationally associated cancers (119 men and (respiratory, urinary, bone, skin, buccal, 56 women)
From page 267...
... 43 Asbestos In-person interview with Discordant pairs standardized questionnaire assessing age at first exposure and duration of exposure to asbestos and other agents 1,861 total Asbestos Interviews conducted on Logistic regression; (626 men and primary, secondary age, race, marital 1,245 women) occupations, industries, status, region, income duration; exposure group, educational assignment according to level, body mass, NIOSH National nutritional scores Occupational Hazard Survey protocol 100 Asbestos In-person interview with Chi-square questionnaire assessing occupational history continues
From page 268...
... in Seattle of western Washington residents in 1983-1987; controls selected through RDD and matched on age and sex Zagraniski White, male cases of laryngeal cancer diagnosed in 87 laryngeal et al. 1986 two New Haven hospitals in 1975-1980; white, male general surgery controls Zheng et al.
From page 269...
... APPENDIX C 269 Analysis; Adjustment Number of Relevant for Potential Controlsb Exposures Exposure Assessment Confounders 463 Jobs with Self-reported job titles Mantel-Haenszel OR; (254 men and potential coded and selected as age 209 women) exposure to exposed for: stone cutter, asbestos mechanic or pipes and boilers, pipefitter, steamfitter, boilermaker, mechanic at heating company, and pipe installer 547 Asbestos In-person interview with Multiple logistic standardized questionnaire regression; smoking, assessing lifetime drinking, age, occupational history; education industrial hygienists performed JEM exposure assignments 153 Asbestos work In-person interview with Condition logistic standardized questionnaire regression; tobacco, assessing lifetime alcohol consumption occupational history and lifestyle factors 414 Asbestos In-person interview with Chi-squared test (269 men and standardized questionnaire 145 women)


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