Thyroid cancer among female workers in Korea, 2007-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prevalence of thyroid cancer has been increasing rapidly worldwide, especially among women. There has been a debate as to whether such an increase represents consequences of over-diagnosis or a true increase. To find the occupational risk of Korean female workers in different industry sectors, we analyzed the data of Korean female workers.

Methods

National Female Worker Cohort data that contain information on total female workers were used for our analysis of prevalence of thyroid cancer (C73 according to KCD-5, 6 code) derived from National Health Insurance data. By combining industrial codes from National Health Insurance Service and those from Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, the classification of industrial codes became to consist of the total

SUBMITTER: Kang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6048802 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature