出版社：Norsk forening for epidemiologi - The Norwegian Epidemiological Association
摘要：ENGLISH SUMMARYMøller B, Andersen Aa. Cancer and mortality among Norwegian chimney sweeps.Nor J Epidemiol 2001; 11 (2): 193-196.The aim of the study was to investigate cancer incidence and mortality among Norwegian chimneysweeps. A cohort of 1483 persons was established by collecting information about current and formerchimney sweeps from all the local authorities. Information from housing censuses (HS) in 1960, 1970and 1980 were used to study the quality of the data. This revealed that the mortality among those chimneysweeps in HS that are included in our cohort is lower than the mortality among those not reportedto us from the local authorities. Because of this, only a sub-cohort of 287 chimney sweeps from thelargest cities were considered reliable. The uncertainty concerning risks for the different cancer sites inthis group is large, since calculations are based on very few cases. The standardized incidence rate(SIR) for total cancer is 1.3 (95% CI: 1.0–1.8), and the standardized mortality rate (SMR) for all deathsis 1.2 (95% CI: 1.0–1.4). We also analyzed the 1292 persons who stated chimney sweep as occupationin the housing censuses in 1960, 1970 or 1980. SIR and SMR analyses in this group show no increasedrisk for any specific cancer sites, nor for any cause specific death.
