Physician-based Case Control Study of Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in Baytown, Texas
Open Access
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Occupational Medicine
- Vol. 46 (3) , 186-196
- https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/46.3.186
Abstract
A physician-based case-control study of non-melanoma skin cancer was conducted to test the hypothesis that employment in the petroleum industry increased the risk of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), or both (BCC + SCC). Other potential risk factors were also investigated. There were 174 cases of BCC, 59 cases of SCC, 72 cases of both and 229 controls completing a self-administered questionnaire. The most important risk factors common to all skin cancer categories were a family history of skin cancer and time spent outdoors. Employment in the petroleum industry showed a slight association with BCC + SCC, but only in the multivariate model. Further study is needed to evaluate whether this association is causal, or due to chance, bias or confounding.Keywords
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