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Occup Environ Med 60:584-589 doi:10.1136/oem.60.8.584
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Occupational exposures and lung cancer in New Caledonia

Table 6

Lung cancer in men; joint effects of exposure to field dust and to pö (236 controls and 175 cases)

Never exposed to pö Ever exposed to pö
Exposure to field dust Cases/controls 95% CI Cases/controls 95% CI
Odds ratios adjusted for age, tobacco consumption, and ethnicity.
Never 70/99 1.0 6/20 1.0
<90th centile 61/66 0.9 (0.5 to 1.7) 22/38 1.9 (0.6 to 6.3)
>90th centile 9/5 2.0 (0.5 to 7.8) 7/8 5.7 (1.1 to 29.7)

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