Cancer site (number of all cases) | Occupational subgroup (number of exposed cases) | |||||
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Maintenance workers n=299 | Wood room workers n=121 | Sawmill workers n=234 | Bleaching plant/ Digester house n=74 | Soda recovery plant n=61 | Others n=214 | |
Stomach or oesophagus (n=114): | ||||||
n | 18 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
OR | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
90% CI | 0.9 to 2.2 | 0.4 to 2.0 | 0.9 to 2.3 | 0.8 to 2.2 | ||
Lung (n=73): | ||||||
n | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
OR | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | |
90% CI | 0.9 to 2.8 | 0.6 to 3.1 | 0.96 to 3.1 | 0.6 to 4.3 | 0.7 to 2.6 | |
Brain (n=22): | ||||||
n | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
OR | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | |||
90% CI | 1.4 to 7.6 | 1.4 to 12 | 1.5 to 8.5 | |||
Lymphomas (n=24): | ||||||
n | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
OR | 1.4 | 2.5 | ||||
90% CI | 0.6 to 3.3 | 0.9 to 6.9 | ||||
Leukaemias (n=33): | ||||||
n | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
OR | 0.7 | 2.8 | 5.9 | |||
90% CI | 0.3 to 1.8 | 1.04 to 7.5 | 2.6 to 13 |
ORs (90% CIs) are crude.
Values were not analyzed when there were less then three exposed cases.