Tumors of the urinary bladder in painters: a case-control study |
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Authors: | Z W Myslak H M Bolt W Brockmann |
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Institution: | Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie, University of Dortmund, Federal Republic of Germany. |
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Abstract: | In a case-control study, 403 male patients with a diagnosis of "bladder tumor" and (as controls) 426 patients suffering from prostate disease were investigated. The results of this study indicate that past employment as a painter was associated with an excess risk of bladder tumor. The relative risk of bladder tumor estimated for painters was 2.76. The possible role of benzidine-based azodyes (or azodyes based on substituted benzidines) as a carcinogenic risk factor for painters is discussed. |
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Keywords: | aromatic amines azo dyes occupational bladder tumors |
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