Table 4. Excess relative risk (ERR) per 100 WLM for specific cancer sites after accounting for various potential confounding factors, 1960–2003 – analyses restricted to individuals with available information on all considered confounders (n=56 278).
ERR/WLM (95% Confidence limits)
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Poisson regression model | All non-lung cancers | Stomach cancer | Larynx cancer | Liver cancer |
Without adjustment | 0.015 (0.006; 0.023) | 0.022 (0.001; 0.043) | 0.020 (−0.038; 0.078) | 0.042 (−0.009; 0.092) |
Adjusted for exposure to | ||||
γ-Radiation | 0.016 (0.007; 0.026) | 0.012 (−0.011; 0.035) | −0.009 (−0.067; 0.050) | 0.041 (−0.015; 0.098) |
LRN | 0.016 (0.007; 0.026) | 0.011 (−0.013; 0.034) | −0.018 (−0.077; 0.014) | 0.047 (−0.009; 0.103) |
Arsenic | 0.014 (0.005; 0.024) | 0.009 (−0.013; 0.031) | 0.009 (−0.053; 0.072) | NC |
Fine dust | 0.011 (−0.0002; 0.023) | 0.007 (−0.022; 0.036) | −0.033 (−0.129; 0.063) | 0.022 (−0.045; 0.09) |
Silica dust | 0.012 (−0.005; 0.024) | 0.012 (−0.018; 0.043) | −0.055 (−0.161; 0.050) | 0.034 (−0.035; 0.101) |
ERR/WLM=excess relative risk per working level months; NC=not calculable.