McDowall M E, Balarajan R
J Epidemiol Community Health. 1986 Mar;40(1):26-9. doi: 10.1136/jech.40.1.26.
The occupations of all males aged 15 and over dying of cancer of the testis in England and Wales from 1971 to 1980 (2434 cases) have been examined in a case control study. Significant excess mortality was found in farmers (although not farm workers), food manufacture and preparation workers, and draughtsmen, although the results show little evidence of a major role for occupation in the aetiology of this cancer. The results may, however, aid the search for those factors in modern life that may have contributed to the sharp rise in incidence of this cancer in recent years.
在一项病例对照研究中,对1971年至1980年期间在英格兰和威尔士死于睾丸癌的所有15岁及以上男性(2434例)的职业进行了调查。研究发现,农民(而非农场工人)、食品制造和加工工人以及绘图员的死亡率显著过高,尽管结果几乎没有表明职业在这种癌症的病因中起主要作用。然而,这些结果可能有助于探寻现代生活中那些可能导致近年来这种癌症发病率急剧上升的因素。