Exposure to dioxins as a risk factor for soft tissue sarcoma : A population - based case-control study
(1990) In Journal of the National Cancer Institute 82(6). p.486-490- Abstract
In a case-control study including 237 cases with soft tissue sarcoma and 237 controls, previous jobs and exposures to different agents, including pesticides, were assessed. Exposure to phenoxyacetic acids or chlorophenols gave a statistically significant increased rate ratio (RR) of 1.80 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.02-3.18] for soft tissue sarcoma. Exposure to phenoxyacetic acids of all types gave a nonsignificantly increased RR of 1.34 (95% CI = 0.70-2.56). During the 1950s, exposure to 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid gave a threefold significantly increased risk. High-grade exposure to chlorophenols, which are also contaminated by dioxins, gave an RR of 5.25 (95% CI = 1.69-16.34). The increased risk was thus attributed to... (More)
In a case-control study including 237 cases with soft tissue sarcoma and 237 controls, previous jobs and exposures to different agents, including pesticides, were assessed. Exposure to phenoxyacetic acids or chlorophenols gave a statistically significant increased rate ratio (RR) of 1.80 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.02-3.18] for soft tissue sarcoma. Exposure to phenoxyacetic acids of all types gave a nonsignificantly increased RR of 1.34 (95% CI = 0.70-2.56). During the 1950s, exposure to 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid gave a threefold significantly increased risk. High-grade exposure to chlorophenols, which are also contaminated by dioxins, gave an RR of 5.25 (95% CI = 1.69-16.34). The increased risk was thus attributed to dioxin-contaminated phenoxy-acetic acids or chlorophenols that gave an RR of 2.43 (95% CI = 1.30-4.54). [J Natl Cancer Inst 82:486-490, 1990].
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- Eriksson, Mikael LU ; Hardell, Lennart and Adami, Hans Olov
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- 1990-03-21
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- Contribution to journal
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- Journal of the National Cancer Institute
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- 82
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 486 - 490
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
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- pmid:2313720
- scopus:0025236693
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- 0027-8874
- DOI
- 10.1093/jnci/82.6.486
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- English
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