Mortality and cancer incidence among Swedish dock workers--a retrospective cohort study.
本研究通过匹配本地个人数据与中央登记册，调查了瑞典码头工人的死亡模式和癌症发病率，发现总死亡率较低但肺癌风险偏高。
The study originates from the arousal of suspicions that, in connection with loading and unloading work involving the use of trucks, exposure to diesel exhaust fumes may be carcinogenic. This report describes a register study in which a broad mapping of the cause-of-death pattern and cancer morbidity has been carried out through the matching of locally compiled personal data with those from a central register, the Cause-of-Death Register, and the Cancer Register. The results obtained thus far show a low total mortality--irrespective of cause of death--but a tendency towards an excess risk for cancer morbidity, mainly due to lung cancer.