In a population-based case-control study carried out in Sweden in 1982-1984, the authors examined the association of pancreatic cancer with several dietary factors, coffee, alcohol, and tobacco. Analyses were based on 99 cases, 138 population controls, and 163 hospital controls. The cases were persons aged 40-79 years diagnosed with cancer of the exocrine pancreas at three surgical departments in Stockholm and Uppsala. The risk increased with higher consumption frequency of fried and grilled meat in the comparison with each series of controls (e.g., relative risk (RR) = 1.7 (90% confidence interval (CI) = 1.1-2.7) for weekly intake and RR = 13.4 (90% CI = 2.4-74.7) for almost daily intake, in the comparison with population controls). Furthermore, associations were found with other fried or grilled foods, but not with meat other than fried or grilled. The risk also increased with the intake of margarine (e.g., RR = 9.7 (90% CI = 3.1-30.2) for 15+ g of margarine on a slice of bread, in the comparison with population controls). In contrast, no excess risk was associated with high intake of butter. A low risk was associated with frequent consumption of fruits and vegetables, particularly carrots (RR = 0.3 (90% CI = 0.2-0.7)) and citrus fruits (RR = 0.5 (90% CI = 0.3-0.9)) for almost daily intake. No consistent associations were found with coffee, artificial sweeteners or alcohol consumption, but a threefold increase in risk was associated with smoking at least one pack of cigarettes per day.
ABSTRACr The object of this study was to assess the relative risks of cancer for a particular branch of industry by using the newly created cancer environment registry. The Health hazards in the electronics industry at large have rarely been reported. This may reflect a belief that this highly developed and rapidly changing branch of industry is not hazardous. The latest decennial supplement to the mortality statistics of England and Wales, however, found that the overall cancer mortality for electrical and electronic workers was slightly higher than expected. Also reported was a higher than expected morbidity for cancer of the mouth. 'Health hazards of relevance for the electronics industry have also been reported in connected branches or in subgroups of the industry. A particular case is electroplating. An American study2 suggested that the mortality rates for several cancers, particularly of the oesophagus and larynx, were higher than expected in the electroplating industry. In the British mortality statistics the occupational group of electroplaters was found to have a higher than expected proportional mortality ratio with regard to cancer of the intestine and cancer of the lung. The health hazards may be linked to processes of degreasing, grinding, polishing, and plating, as well as to others
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