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- Title
Cancer among women textile workers in Shanghai, China: Overall incidence patterns, 19891998.
- Authors
Karen J. Wernli; Roberta M. Ray; Dao Li Gao; David B. Thomas
- Abstract
Cancer incidence in women textile workers has not been adequately studied. The aim of this study was to examine site-specific cancer incidence patterns in a cohort of 267,400 women textile workers in Shanghai, China. Women employed by the Shanghai Textile Industry Bureau (STIB) were followed for cancer incidence from 1989 to 1998. Age-adjusted standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were computed based on Shanghai Cancer Registry (SCR) rates. There was a decrease in cancer incidence for the cohort compared with urban Shanghai women (SIR = 0.91, 95% CI = 0.890.93). There were small increased risks of other endocrine tumors (SIR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.021.65). There were decreased risks for esophageal (SIR = 0.54, 95% CI = 0.440.66), stomach (SIR = 0.79, 95% CI = 0.730.85), rectal (SIR = 0.88, 95% CI = 0.780.98), lung (SIR = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.740.86), cervical (SIR = 0.37, 95% CI = 0.280.50), ovarian (SIR = 0.85, 95% CI = 0.750.96), and bladder cancers (SIR = 0.63, 95% CI = 0.460.85). Women employed in the textile industry had a lower than expected cancer experience compared with urban Shanghai women. Further research on this cohort will examine associations between site-specific cancers and occupational exposures to dusts and chemicals. Am. J. Ind. Med. 44:595599, 2003. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects
CANCER in women; WOMEN'S employment; TEXTILE workers; HEALTH surveys
- Publication
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2003, Vol 44, Issue 6, p595
- ISSN
0271-3586
- Publication type
Article