Sanders B M, White G C, Draper G J
J Epidemiol Community Health. 1981 Dec;35(4):245-50. doi: 10.1136/jech.35.4.245.
It has been suggested in a number of recent reports that there is a possible relationship between parental occupation and malignant disease in children. A proportional mortality analysis relating deaths among children in England and Wales in 1959-63 and 1970-72 to occupation of father as stated on the child's death certificate has not shown any convincing evidence for such associations. Earlier papers published on the subject are reviewed. Although there is some slight evidence for associations between childhood tumours and certain parental occupations there is little consistency between the results reported by different authors. A previously reported association between higher social class and deaths from neoplasms was found also in this study. The explanation for this finding is unknown, and it remains possible that it is an artefact.
最近的一些报告表明,父母的职业与儿童恶性疾病之间可能存在关联。一项比例死亡率分析将1959 - 1963年和1970 - 1972年英格兰和威尔士儿童死亡情况与儿童死亡证明上所注明的父亲职业相关联,但并未显示出支持这种关联的任何令人信服的证据。对该主题早期发表的论文进行了综述。虽然有一些轻微证据表明儿童肿瘤与某些父母职业之间存在关联,但不同作者报告的结果之间几乎没有一致性。本研究还发现了先前报道的较高社会阶层与肿瘤死亡之间的关联。这一发现的解释尚不清楚,而且仍有可能是一种人为现象。