Overview of the National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS) system: Leukemia and acute myocardial infarction risk by industry and occupation in 30 US states 1985–1999, 2003–2004, and 2007

Robinson, Cynthia Cole; Walker, James T.; Sweeney, Marie Haring; Shen, Rui; Calvert, Geoffrey M.; Schumacher, Pam; Ju, Jun; Nowlin, Susan

doi:10.1002/ajim.22408

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“…Japanese men who were manual workers, including those in the primary sector that directly use natural resources (e.g., agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining, and construction), had a higher risk for stroke and ischemic heart disease. This tendency has also been found in studies in Europe and the United States ( Kunst et al, 1999 , Luckhaupt and Calvert, 2014 , Robinson et al, 2015 ) and in Australia ( De Looper & Magnus, 2005 ). This group also has a high risk of smoking-related diseases; the proportion of construction workers who are smokers (57%) is the highest among working-aged men in Japan ( Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2010 ).…”

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“…Occupation and industry is an important risk factor about stroke and ischemic heart disease ( Honjo, 2014 ; Kunst et al, 1999 ; Luckhaupt & Calvert, 2014 ; Robinson et al, 2015 ). Occupational cardiovascular risk factors in farm and office environments include shift work, extreme heat, cold, noise, carbon disulfide, nitroglycerin, carbon monoxide, and stress ( Robinson et al, 2015 ). About working hours in Japan, workers in construction and transportation industry worked longer than those in other industries ( Statistics Bureau, 2015 ).…”

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Differences in stroke and ischemic heart disease mortality by occupation and industry among Japanese working-aged men

Wada

Eguchi

Prieto‐Merino

2016

SSM - Population Health

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Occupation- and industry-based risks for stroke and ischemic heart disease may vary among Japanese working-aged men. We examined the differences in mortality rates between stroke and ischemic heart disease by occupation and industry among employed Japanese men aged 25–59 years. In 2010, we obtained occupation- and industry-specific vital statistics data from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare dataset. We analyzed data for Japanese men who were aged 25–59 years in 2010, grouped in 5-year age intervals. We estimated the mortality rates of stroke and ischemic heart disease in each age group for occupation and industry categories as defined in the national census. We did not have detailed individual-level variables. We used the number of employees in 2010 as the denominator and the number of events as the numerator, assuming a Poisson distribution. We conducted separate regression models to estimate the incident relative risk for stroke and ischemic heart disease for each category compared with the reference categories “sales” (occupation) and “wholesale and retail” (industry). When compared with the reference groups, we found that occupations and industries with a relatively higher risk of stroke and ischemic heart disease were: service, administrative and managerial, agriculture and fisheries, construction and mining, electricity and gas, transport, and professional and engineering. This suggests there are occupation- and industry-based mortality risk differences of stroke and ischemic heart disease for Japanese working-aged men. These differences in risk might be explained to factors associated with specific occupations or industries, such as lifestyles or work styles, which should be explored in further research. The mortality risk differences of stroke and ischemic heart disease shown in the present study may reflect an excessive risk of Karoshi (death from overwork).

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Differences in stroke and ischemic heart disease mortality by occupation and industry among Japanese working-aged men

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Eguchi

Prieto‐Merino

2016

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“…The industries and occupations with the highest occurrence of leukaemia are not those with high exposures to chemicals. Thus, in the US National Occupational Mortality Surveillance System, the highest proportionality mortality ratios (PMRs) for white males (the largest group) are in the industries and occupations: bank/savings and loan/credit agency (PMR: 139–172), advertising/sales manager (PMR: 138–174) and electrical engineers (PMR: 141–192) in different periods between 1985 and 2007 (Robinson et al 2015). …”

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Re-evaluation of the WHO (2010) formaldehyde indoor air quality guideline for cancer risk assessment

2016

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In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) established an indoor air quality guideline for short- and long-term exposures to formaldehyde (FA) of 0.1 mg/m3 (0.08 ppm) for all 30-min periods at lifelong exposure. This guideline was supported by studies from 2010 to 2013. Since 2013, new key studies have been published and key cancer cohorts have been updated, which we have evaluated and compared with the WHO guideline. FA is genotoxic, causing DNA adduct formation, and has a clastogenic effect; exposure–response relationships were nonlinear. Relevant genetic polymorphisms were not identified. Normal indoor air FA concentrations do not pass beyond the respiratory epithelium, and therefore FA’s direct effects are limited to portal-of-entry effects. However, systemic effects have been observed in rats and mice, which may be due to secondary effects as airway inflammation and (sensory) irritation of eyes and the upper airways, which inter alia decreases respiratory ventilation. Both secondary effects are prevented at the guideline level. Nasopharyngeal cancer and leukaemia were observed inconsistently among studies; new updates of the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) cohort confirmed that the relative risk was not increased with mean FA exposures below 1 ppm and peak exposures below 4 ppm. Hodgkin’s lymphoma, not observed in the other studies reviewed and not considered FA dependent, was increased in the NCI cohort at a mean concentration ≥0.6 mg/m3 and at peak exposures ≥2.5 mg/m3; both levels are above the WHO guideline. Overall, the credibility of the WHO guideline has not been challenged by new studies.

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“…They are particularly useful in the assessment of diseases and injuries with high fatality rates; and also for diseases where fatality rates are lower. Occupation and industry classifications are commonly used as proxies for occupational exposure (post facto), to help identify and explore issues of worker morbidity and mortality from cancer 14 15 ; particularly when this information is not available through other means.…”

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Lung, gastric and colorectal cancer mortality by occupation and industry among working-aged men in Japan

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Wada

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We examined occupational and industrial differences in lung, gastric, and colorectal cancer risk among Japanese men of working age (25–64 years) using the 2010 Japanese national survey data for occupation and industry-specific death rates. Poisson regression models were used to estimate the age-adjusted incident rate ratios by lung, gastric, and colorectal cancers, with manufacturing used as the referent occupation or industry. Unemployed Japanese men and those in manufacturing had an 8–11-fold increased risk of lung, gastric and colorectal cancer. The highest mortality rates for lung and colorectal cancer by occupation were “administrative and managerial” (by occupation) and “mining” (by industry). For gastric cancer, the highest mortality rate was “agriculture” (by occupation) and “mining” (by industry). By occupation; Japanese men in service occupations, those in administrative and managerial positions, those in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and those in professional and engineering categories had higher relative mortality risks for lung, gastric, and colorectal cancers. By industry; mining, electricity and gas, fisheries, and agriculture and forestry had the higher mortality risks for those cancers. Unemployed men had higher mortality rates than men in any occupation and industry for all three cancers. Overall, this study suggests that for Japanese men, occupations and industries may be a key social determinant of health.

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Overview of the National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS) system: Leukemia and acute myocardial infarction risk by industry and occupation in 30 US states 1985–1999, 2003–2004, and 2007

Cited by 10 publications

References 66 publications

Differences in stroke and ischemic heart disease mortality by occupation and industry among Japanese working-aged men

Differences in stroke and ischemic heart disease mortality by occupation and industry among Japanese working-aged men

Re-evaluation of the WHO (2010) formaldehyde indoor air quality guideline for cancer risk assessment

Lung, gastric and colorectal cancer mortality by occupation and industry among working-aged men in Japan

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