Hospitalization due to cancer among German seafarers.
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Hospitalization due to cancer among German seafarers. / Oldenburg, Marcus; Harth, Volker; Manuwald, Ulf.
In: AM J IND MED, Vol. 58, No. 4, 2015, p. 456-63.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Hospitalization due to cancer among German seafarers.
AU - Oldenburg, Marcus
AU - Harth, Volker
AU - Manuwald, Ulf
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the relative risk of cancer among male German seafarers employed on German vessels in respect of various shipboard ranks and types of vessel.METHODS: The seafarers' cancer discharge diagnoses from hospital were compared with those discharge diagnoses from the German general population and expressed as a standardized hospitalization ratio (SHR).RESULTS: The examined seafarers (on average 23,436 per year) showed a higher SHR for malignant neoplasms at all sites, in decreasing order for leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), respiratory cancer, and non-melanoma skin cancer. Seafarers employed on tankers showed a considerably elevated SHR for malignant neoplasms at all sites, which was mainly attributable to their high SHR for leukemia and respiratory cancer.CONCLUSIONS: Seafaring occupations pose an elevated risk of certain cancers. Further studies are required to evaluate to what extent occupational exposure to carcinogenic substances and lifestyle-related unhealthy behaviours contribute to the increased risk of cancer in seafarers
AB - OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the relative risk of cancer among male German seafarers employed on German vessels in respect of various shipboard ranks and types of vessel.METHODS: The seafarers' cancer discharge diagnoses from hospital were compared with those discharge diagnoses from the German general population and expressed as a standardized hospitalization ratio (SHR).RESULTS: The examined seafarers (on average 23,436 per year) showed a higher SHR for malignant neoplasms at all sites, in decreasing order for leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), respiratory cancer, and non-melanoma skin cancer. Seafarers employed on tankers showed a considerably elevated SHR for malignant neoplasms at all sites, which was mainly attributable to their high SHR for leukemia and respiratory cancer.CONCLUSIONS: Seafaring occupations pose an elevated risk of certain cancers. Further studies are required to evaluate to what extent occupational exposure to carcinogenic substances and lifestyle-related unhealthy behaviours contribute to the increased risk of cancer in seafarers
U2 - 10.1002/ajim.22423
DO - 10.1002/ajim.22423
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
VL - 58
SP - 456
EP - 463
JO - AM J IND MED
JF - AM J IND MED
SN - 0271-3586
IS - 4
ER -
