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Case control study of risk factors of malignant lymphoma

SND-ID: ext0107-1.

Is part of collection at SND: Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Håkan Olsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology

Research principal

Lund University rorId

Description

The cohort consists of all individuals over 18 years with lymphoma identified from the regional cancer registry in southern Sweden during the years 1990 to 1998. In the first step the primary physician was contacted and after consent questionnaires were mailed to the patients. For each case, two controls matched for sex, age and place of residence and the same questions were also sent to them. The questionnaire addressed issues such as education, smoking, occupation and exposure to various substances. Participants were asked if they had had one of 25 specified occupations where you work with substances that may be hazardous, such as in the textile industry, the oil industry or in the rubber industry. The questionnaire also contained specific questions about the subjects had been exposed to any of 16 different subjects, eg nickel, asbestos, solvents, gasoline, other petroleum products, pesticides, radiation or radioactivity, and also the time of exposure. Further questions concerning what animals they had been exposed to both at home and outside the home.

Purpose:

The aim is to create a case

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The cohort consists of all individuals over 18 years with lymphoma identified from the regional cancer registry in southern Sweden during the years 1990 to 1998. In the first step the primary physician was contacted and after consent questionnaires were mailed to the patients. For each case, two controls matched for sex, age and place of residence and the same questions were also sent to them. The questionnaire addressed issues such as education, smoking, occupation and exposure to various substances. Participants were asked if they had had one of 25 specified occupations where you work with substances that may be hazardous, such as in the textile industry, the oil industry or in the rubber industry. The questionnaire also contained specific questions about the subjects had been exposed to any of 16 different subjects, eg nickel, asbestos, solvents, gasoline, other petroleum products, pesticides, radiation or radioactivity, and also the time of exposure. Further questions concerning what animals they had been exposed to both at home and outside the home.

Purpose:

The aim is to create a case control cohort to study risk factors of malignant lymphoma. Show less..
Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

All individuals over 18 years with lymphoma identified from the regional cancer registry in southern Sweden during the years 1990 to 1998.

Study design

Case-control study

Time period(s) investigated

1990 – 1998

Number of individuals/objects

4500

Response rate/participation rate

75%

1500 individer with lymphoma
3000 controls

Data format / data structure

Data collection
  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1990 – 1998
  • Source of the data: Population group
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Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic description: Södra Sverige

Administrative information
Topic and keywords

Research area

Medical genetics (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Cancer and oncology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Health (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Keywords

Neoplasms, Case-control studies, Smoking, Radiation, Education, Occupations, Lymphoma, Carcinogens, Radioactivity, Scania, Epihealth, Epihealth_skåne

Publications

Dryver E, Brandt L, Kauppinen T, Olsson H. Occupational exposures and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Southern Sweden. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2004 Jan-Mar;10(1):13-21.
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