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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS iR0x3mn0. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives : This study examined occupational risks for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease. and soft-tissue sarcoma among African American and White men. Methods : Race-specific multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted using data from a large US population-based case-control study. Results : Significant occupational risks were limited to African Americans ; chromium was associated with non Hodgkin's lymphoma (odds ratio [OR]=3.9,95% confidence interval [CI] - 1.2,12.9) and wood dust was associated with Hodgkin's disease (OR=4.6,95% CI=1.6,13.3) and soft tissue sarcoma (OR=3.7. 95% CI=1.6. 8.6). Conclusions : Race-specific occupational risk factors for cancel were evident only among African American me i. This may reflect racial disparities in levels of exposure to occupational carcinogens.
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