Cancer incidence of workers in a Finnish sawmill.

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The cancer incidence of 1223 sawmill workers with continuous employment of at least one year between january 1, 1945 and December 31, 1961 was followed until December 31, 980. Separate analyses were made for the 801 workers hired after January 1, 1945, and smoking habits were surveyed. Among the men, 90 cases of primary cancer were detected versus 83.5 expected and among the women 55 cancer cases versus 44.5 expected. Skin cancer was in excess among the men, especially among those employed after January 1, 1945. Lip, mouth, and pharynx cancer and lymphomas were also slightly in excess among the men as was leukemia among both sexes. Workplace exposure, especially to chlorophenols, may be associated with the excess skin cancer and the slight excess of lymphomas, but this finding should be further evaluated with special emphasis on well-defined exposure data.

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