Brain cancer and nonoccupational risk factors: a case-control study among workers at two nuclear facilities

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Am. J. Public Health; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.77.9.1180· OSTI ID:6122428

Carpenter, A V; Flanders, W D; Frome, E L; Cole, P; Fry, S A

In a nested case-control study of nuclear workers, 82 brain cancer cases were compared with 328 matched controls to investigate the possible association with nonoccupational risk factors such as histories of epilepsy or head injury. We observed a moderately strong association between brain cancer occurrence and history of epilepsy (OR = 5.7, 95 per cent CI: 1.0, 32.1), but did not find a positive association with previous head injury (OR = 0.9, 95 per cent CI: 0.2, 4.2).

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, TN
• OSTI ID: 6122428
• Journal Information: Am. J. Public Health; (United States), Vol. 77:9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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