Occupational exposure to solvents and risk of head and neck cancer in women: a population-based case-control study in France.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our objective was to investigate the association between head and neck cancer and occupational exposure to chlorinated, oxygenated and petroleum solvents in women.

Methods

Investigation of occupational and environmental CAuses of REspiratory cancers (ICARE), a French population-based case-control study, included 296 squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (HNSCC) in women and 775 female controls. Lifelong occupational history was collected. Job-exposure matrices allowed to assess exposure to 5 chlorinated solvents (carbon tetrachloride; chloroform; methylene chloride; perchloroethylene; trichloroethylene), 5 petroleum solvents (benzene; special petroleum product; gasoline; white spirits and other light aromatic mixtures; diesel, fuels and kerosene) and 5 oxyg

SUBMITTER: Carton M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5223686 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature