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. 2008 Nov 11;99(11):1946–1953. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604776

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)
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.