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Epidemiology

University at Albany, State University of New York

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2013

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Occupational Exposure To Ultraviolet Radiation And Risk Of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer In A Multinational European Study, Simona Surdu, Edward F. Fitzgerald, Michael S. Bloom, Francis P. Boscoe, David Orlo Carpenter, Richard F. Haase, Eugen S. Gurzau, Peter Rudnai, Kvetoslava Koppova, Joelle Fevotte, Giovanni Leonardi, Marie Vahter, Walter Goessler, Rajiv Kumar, Tony Fletcher Apr 2013

Occupational Exposure To Ultraviolet Radiation And Risk Of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer In A Multinational European Study, Simona Surdu, Edward F. Fitzgerald, Michael S. Bloom, Francis P. Boscoe, David Orlo Carpenter, Richard F. Haase, Eugen S. Gurzau, Peter Rudnai, Kvetoslava Koppova, Joelle Fevotte, Giovanni Leonardi, Marie Vahter, Walter Goessler, Rajiv Kumar, Tony Fletcher

Epidemiology & Biostatistics Faculty Scholarship

Background: Studies suggest that ambient sunlight plays an important role in the pathogenesis of non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC). However, there is ongoing controversy regarding the relevance of occupational exposure to natural and artificial ultraviolet radiation (UV) radiation.

Objectives: We investigated potential associations between natural and artificial UV radiation exposure at work with NMSC in a case-control study conducted in Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. Methods: Occupational exposures were classified by expert assessment for 527 controls and 618 NMSC cases (515 basal cell carcinoma, BCC). Covariate information was collected via interview and multiple logistic regression models were used to assess associations between …