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- Title
Could mining be protective against prostate cancer? A study and literature review.
- Authors
Girschik, Jennifer; Glass, Deborah; Ambrosini, Gina L; Fritschi, Lin
- Abstract
Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in Western men and one in three Australian men develops the cancer before the age of 75. Currently, only increasing age, race and family history have been well established as risk factors. A growing number of studies have investigated occupation in relation to prostate cancer but, like other risk factors, no associations have been confirmed. Mining employs a significant proportion of the work force in Western Australia. The aims of this study were to describe the characteristics of miners in the Western Australian Prostate Health Study, investigate mining as a risk factor for prostate cancer, conduct a systematic search of the literature for studies that have investigated mining as an occupational risk factor for prostate cancer and compare and contrast their methodologies and results.
- Publication
Occupational and environmental medicine, 2010, Vol 67, Issue 6, p365
- ISSN
1470-7926
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/oem.2009.047092