Rousseau, Marie-Claude 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5215-8086; Camus, Michel; Case, Bruce et Siemiatycki, Jack
(2005).
Incidence of pleural mesothelioma among women in Quebec, 1970-1989: A comparison between asbestos mining and non-mining areas
In: SER-CSEB 2005 Joint Meeting: Epidemiology without Borders, June 27-30, 2005, Toronto, Canada.
Résumé
Pleural mesothelioma is a rare cancer,· often occurring among workers
exposed to asbestos. Environmental airborne asbestos levels in Quebec's
asbestos mining areas have been lower than those in asbestos jobs, but
higher than in general non-mining towns of Quebec. We compared the incidence of pleural mesothelioma among women living in asbestos mining
areas to the incidence in other areas in Quebec. Potential cases of mesothelioma with pathology reports dated 1970 to 1989 were identified from
record reviews in some 80 hospitals in 9 sociosanitary regions in Quebec,
representing 80% of the female population. Following in-depth pathology
and chart reviews for all women with any mention of mesothelioma in the
medical file, 131 were classified as possible, probable or definite pleural
mesothelioma cases. Incidence rates were computed with census-based
population denominators for the study areas, and age adjustment was done
using the 1981 Quebec female population. The age-adjusted incidence rate
of pleural mesothelioma in mining areas (agglomerations of Thetford Mines
and Asbestos) was 23.8 per 1,000,000 women per year [95% confidence
interval (CI): 12.7-43.1], as compared to 2.2 per 1,000,000 women per year
[95% CI: 1.9-2.6] in the non-mining areas, resulting in an age-adjusted rate
ratio of 10.6 [95% CI: 5.3-19.2]. Five (5) of the 12 cases from the mining
areas had worked in the asbestos industry, and all but one have lived with an
asbestos worker. The apparent excess risk is likely due to exposure of these
women to asbestos, either at work or at home.
| Type de document: | Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier |
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| Informations complémentaires: | S103 Associations of Occupational and Environmental Exposures with Cancer (409-414) présentation orale no 414 American Journal of J Epidemiology(2005) l6l (Suppl):S104 |
| Mots-clés libres: | - |
| Centre: | Centre INRS-Institut Armand Frappier |
| Date de dépôt: | 29 mars 2024 15:47 |
| Dernière modification: | 29 mars 2024 15:47 |
| URI: | https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/14316 |
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