Cancer in waiters.

The risk of cancer was studied in 2,413 males registered as waiters at the 1960 census in Norway. A personal identification number was used in linking this cohort of waiters with the Norwegian Cancer Registry. The follow-up period was 1961-1984. An excess risk of cancer was observed for the followin...

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Autores principales: Andersen, A., Bjelke, E., Langmark, F.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 1989
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2247339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2803909
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description The risk of cancer was studied in 2,413 males registered as waiters at the 1960 census in Norway. A personal identification number was used in linking this cohort of waiters with the Norwegian Cancer Registry. The follow-up period was 1961-1984. An excess risk of cancer was observed for the following primary sites: upper respiratory and digestive tracts combined 42 observed against 11.3 expected, liver (14 versus 2.87), rectum (28 versus 13.89), and lung (67 versus 43.66). The highest risk for all these types of cancer was seen among those who were waiters at both censuses in 1960 and 1970. In the case of cancer of the stomach the observed number of cases was significantly lower than expected (14 versus 25.68). It is known that smoking habits and alcohol consumption are substantial aetiological factors for the types of cancer in which an excess risk has been demonstrated here.
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spelling pubmed-22473392009-09-10 Cancer in waiters. Andersen, A. Bjelke, E. Langmark, F. Br J Cancer Research Article The risk of cancer was studied in 2,413 males registered as waiters at the 1960 census in Norway. A personal identification number was used in linking this cohort of waiters with the Norwegian Cancer Registry. The follow-up period was 1961-1984. An excess risk of cancer was observed for the following primary sites: upper respiratory and digestive tracts combined 42 observed against 11.3 expected, liver (14 versus 2.87), rectum (28 versus 13.89), and lung (67 versus 43.66). The highest risk for all these types of cancer was seen among those who were waiters at both censuses in 1960 and 1970. In the case of cancer of the stomach the observed number of cases was significantly lower than expected (14 versus 25.68). It is known that smoking habits and alcohol consumption are substantial aetiological factors for the types of cancer in which an excess risk has been demonstrated here. Nature Publishing Group 1989-07 /pmc/articles/PMC2247339/ /pubmed/2803909 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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