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closeAdditional support for this finding in a study of occupation and cancer incidence in Nortic countries
Posted by wbgrant on 03 May 2013 at 15:46 GMT
In a study of cancer incidence rates by occupation in Nordic countries, the index of solar ultraviolet-B irradiance used was incidence rate of lip cancer less incidence rate of lung cancer [1]. For males, this index was inversely correlated with melanoma by itself. For males, in a multiple linear regression analysis with the UVB index and lung cancer incidence, the UVB index was significantly inversely correlated with both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer. For females, the UVB index for males in conjunction with lung cancer incidence rates for females was significantly inversely correlated with melanoma but insignificantly with non-melanoma skin cancer. The UVB index was significantly inversely correlated with 14 types of cancer for males but only three for females.
1. Grant WB. Role of solar UV irradiance and smoking in cancer as inferred from cancer incidence rates by occupation in Nordic countries. Dermatoendocrinol. 2012;4(2):203-11.