McLaughlin J K, Malker H S, Linet M S, Ericsson J, Stone B J, Weiner J, Blot W J, Fraumeni J F
National Board of Occupational Safety and Health, Solna, Sweden.
Arch Environ Health. 1988 Jan-Feb;43(1):7-10. doi: 10.1080/00039896.1988.9934365.
The occurrence of multiple myeloma by occupational and industrial category was systematically assessed using the Swedish Cancer-Environment Registry, which links cancer incidence (1961-1979) with occupational data from the 1960 census. Incidence of multiple myeloma was significantly increased for a number of occupational groups such as farmers, smelter and metallurgy workers, and miners-quarrymen-rock blasters. Although caution must be applied in drawing causal inferences, this national linked-registry analysis may provide clues to the environmental determinants of multiple myeloma.
