TY - JOUR
T1 - Pancreatic cancer mortality in Louisiana
AU - Pickle, L. W.
AU - Gottlieb, M. S.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1980
Y1 - 1980
N2 - As a preliminary step in the investigation of high pancreas-cancer mortality among White males in a cluster of Louisiana parishes, the authors examined 876 pairs of certificates of death which occurred in this area during 1960-75. The pancreas-cancer death records were matched to controls by age, race, sex, year of death, and parish of residence. The odds ratios were increased about two-fold for workers in the oil refining and paper manufacturing industries, and slight elevations were seen among residents near refineries and food processing plants. Despite the limited residential and occupational information available on death certificates, this study suggests leads to environmental factors that can be further investigated by a case-control interview study in Louisiana.
AB - As a preliminary step in the investigation of high pancreas-cancer mortality among White males in a cluster of Louisiana parishes, the authors examined 876 pairs of certificates of death which occurred in this area during 1960-75. The pancreas-cancer death records were matched to controls by age, race, sex, year of death, and parish of residence. The odds ratios were increased about two-fold for workers in the oil refining and paper manufacturing industries, and slight elevations were seen among residents near refineries and food processing plants. Despite the limited residential and occupational information available on death certificates, this study suggests leads to environmental factors that can be further investigated by a case-control interview study in Louisiana.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.70.3.256
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.70.3.256
M3 - Article
C2 - 7356088
AN - SCOPUS:0018844575
VL - 70
SP - 256
EP - 259
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
SN - 0090-0036
IS - 3
ER -