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    • Occupational exposure to solvents and acute myeloid leukemia: A population-based, case-control study in four nordic countries 

      Talibov, Madar; Lehtinen-Jacks, Susanna; Martinsen, Jan Ivar; Kjærheim, Kristina; Lynge, Elsebeth; Sparén, Pär; Tryggvadóttir, Laufey; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Kauppinen, Timo; Kyyrönen, Pentti; Pukkala, Eero (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014-05-19)
      Objective The aim of the current study was to assess the relation between occupational exposure to solvents and the risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).<p> <p>Methods Altogether, this study comprises 15 332 incident cases of AML diagnosed in Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland from 1961–2005 and 76 660 controls matched by year of birth, sex, and country. Occupational records were linked with ...

    • Occupational solvent exposure and adult chronic lymphocytic leukemia: No risk in a population-based case-control study in four Nordic countries 

      Talibov, Madar; Auvinen, Anssi; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Hansen, Johnni; Martinsen, Jan Ivar; Kjærheim, Kristina; Tryggvadóttir, Laufey; Pukkala, Eero (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-15)
      The aim of this study was to assess the effect of occupational solvent exposure on the risk of adult chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The current case–control study was nested in the Nordic Occupational Cancer Study (NOCCA) cohort. 20,615 CLL cases diagnosed in 1961–2005 in Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, and 103,075 population-based controls matched by year of birth, sex, and country were ...

    • Occupational variation in incidence of bladder cancer: A comparison of population-representative cohorts from Nordic countries and Canada 

      Hadkhale, Kishor; Macleod, Jill; Demers, Paul A.; Martinsen, Jan Ivar; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Kjærheim, Kristina; Lynge, Elsebeth; Sparén, Pär; Tryggvadóttir, Laufey; Harris, M. Anne; Tjepkema, Michael; Peters, Paul A.; Pukkala, Eero (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-04)
      Objectives:<br>The objective of this study was to compare occupational variation of the risk of bladder cancer in the Nordic countries and Canada.<br>Methods:<br>In the Nordic Occupational Cancer study (NOCCA), 73 653 bladder cancer cases were observed during follow-up of 141.6 million person-years. In the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC), 8170 cases were observed during ...

    • Risk of early-onset prostate cancer associated with occupation in the Nordic countries 

      Barry, Kathryn Hughes; Martinsen, Jan Ivar; Alavanja, Michael C.R.; Andreotti, Gabriella; Blair, Aaron; Hansen, Johnni; Kjærheim, Kristina; Koutros, Stella; Lynge, Elsebeth; Sparén, Pär; Tryggvadóttir, Laufey; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Berndt, Sonja I.; Pukkala, Eero (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2017-11-10)
      Background: <br>Early-onset prostate cancer is often more aggressive and may have a different etiology than later-onset prostate cancer, but has been relatively little studied to date. We evaluated occupation in relation to early-onset and later-onset prostate cancer in a large pooled study. <br>Methods: <br>We used occupational information from census data in five Nordic countries from 1960-1990. ...