Gastric cancer and coal mine dust exposure. A case-control study
- 1 October 1983
- Vol. 52 (7) , 1346-1350
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19831001)52:7<1346::aid-cncr2820520734>3.0.co;2-y
Abstract
Based on evidence that coal miners have elevated gastric cancer mortality rates, a case-control study was developed to assess the gastric cancer risk of coal mine dust exposure. Forty-six cases of US white male gastric cancer deaths from NIOSH coal miner cohorts were individually matched by age to controls. From these data we show that a statistically elevated gastric cancer risk exists for miners who have prolonged exposure to coal mine dust and prolonged exposure to cigarette smoke. Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, a disease defined in terms of coal dust deposition in the lungs, was not found to be a gastric cancer risk.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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