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AX6-198<br />

Table AX6-7.4 (cont’d). Other Studies <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lead</strong> Exposure and Cancer<br />

Reference, Study<br />

Location, and Period Study Description Pb Measurement Findings and Interpretation<br />

Europe<br />

Sankila et al. (1990)<br />

Finland<br />

1941-1977<br />

Kauppinen et al.<br />

(1992)<br />

Finland<br />

1976-1981<br />

Cohort design.<br />

1,803 male and 1,946 female glass<br />

workers employed <strong>for</strong> at least 3 mos at<br />

one <strong>of</strong> 2 Finnish glass factories in 1953-<br />

1971 or 1941-1977.<br />

Cancer incidence was compared with<br />

age-, gender-, and calendar-yr-specific<br />

national rates.<br />

Stomach, lung, and skin cancer rates also<br />

were compared separately <strong>for</strong> 201 male<br />

and 34 female glassblowers and nonglassblowers.<br />

Case-control design.<br />

Cases: 344 primary liver cancer deaths<br />

reported to the Finnish Cancer Registry<br />

in 1976-1978 or 1981.<br />

Controls: registry-reported stomach<br />

cancer (476) or myocardial infarction<br />

(385) deaths in the same hospitals,<br />

frequency matched by age and gender.<br />

No specific Pb exposure indices<br />

were computed. Analyses did<br />

examine glass workers as a<br />

whole and then glassblowers<br />

specifically, which comprised<br />

the group at highest risk <strong>for</strong> Pb<br />

exposure.<br />

Questionnaires regarding job<br />

history and personal habits were<br />

sent to the closest available<br />

relative.<br />

U.K. based job-exposure matrix<br />

was used to rate potential<br />

exposure to 50 substances,<br />

including Pb compounds<br />

Industrial hygienists also<br />

inspected histories to identify<br />

those with highly probable<br />

exposure and rate it as high,<br />

low, or moderate (

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