Balarajan R, Acheson E D
J Epidemiol Community Health. 1984 Jun;38(2):113-6. doi: 10.1136/jech.38.2.113.
The National Cancer Register maintained by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) was used to investigate the relative risks of soft tissue sarcomas among farmers, agricultural workers, and related occupational groups. The relative risk for the group as a whole was 1.15 (95% confidence limits 0.83-1.59). One of the four subgroups (which comprises farmers, farm managers, and market gardeners) experienced a relative risk of 1.7 which just achieves significance at the 5% level (95% confidence limits 1.00-2.88). The risks in the other three subgroups were respectively 1.0 (agricultural workers, 003), 0.7 (gardeners and groundsmen, 005), and 1.0 (foresters and woodmen, 006). No attempt has been made in this study to determine exposure to phenoxy herbicides in cases or controls. The significance of these findings is discussed.
由人口普查与调查办公室（OPCS）维护的国家癌症登记处被用于调查农民、农业工人及相关职业群体中软组织肉瘤的相对风险。整个群体的相对风险为1.15（95%置信区间0.83 - 1.59）。四个亚组之一（包括农民、农场经理和商品菜种植者）的相对风险为1.7，在5%水平上刚好具有显著性（95%置信区间1.00 - 2.88）。其他三个亚组的风险分别为1.0（农业工人，003）、0.7（园丁和场地管理员，005）和1.0（森林工人和伐木工，006）。本研究未尝试确定病例组或对照组中接触苯氧基除草剂的情况。讨论了这些发现的意义。
