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TABLE 5.8(o) Record-linkage Studies among Workers in the Printing Industry (IARC, 1996) (continued)
N __
.&.
4k Period of Cancer site/ No,
Reference, country Study subjects follow-up Occupation/exposure cause of death obs RR 95% Cl Comments

Aronson and 242 196 women 1965-79 Printing and publishing Breast 11 2,2 1.1-3.9 Mortality;
Howe identified through industry other sites not
(1994) employment survey significantly
Canada elevated
Mortality

Costa et al. 1981 population 1981-89 Printing and publishing Pleura 2 6.0 0.7-22
(1995) censusof Turin, industry (M)
Italy Italy, residents; Colon 7 2.1 0.9-4.4
10 798 deaths [0.7-1.7]
among persons Lung 22 1.1
employed Urinary bladder 2 1.0 [0.1-3.6]
Haematopoietic 7 1.6 0.6-3.3
Printing and publishing Lung 3 2.6 0.5-7.6
industry (F) Colon 2 2.7 0.3-9.7
Ovarian 3 3.2 0.6-9.3
Haematopoietic 2 2.0 0.2-7.2
Printers (M) Liver 3 1.7 0.3-5,0
Colon 3 1.8 0.4-5.3
Multiple myeloma 2 [9.7] [1.1-33.1]
Lung 12 1.2 [0.6-2,1]
Urinary bladder 0 - -
Costa et al, 1981 population 1981-82 Printing and publishing Kidney 3 4.8 1.7-13.4 Mortality
(1995) census of Italian industry (M)
Italy residents;
15 734 deaths
among persons
employed
Lung 11 1.1 [0.8-1.4]
Urinary bladder 2 2.9 [0.8-11.1]