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- Title
Physician-based Case–Control Study of Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in Baytown, Texas.
- Authors
Gamble, J. F.; Lerman, S. E.; Holder, W. R.; Nicolich, M. J.; Yarborough, C. M.
- 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.
- Subjects
BAYTOWN (Tex.); MELANOMA diagnosis; SKIN cancer; BASAL cell carcinoma; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; PETROLEUM industry
- Publication
Occupational Medicine, 1996, Vol 46, Issue 3, p186
- ISSN
0962-7480
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/occmed/46.3.186