Occupational exposures and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a high-risk area: A population-based case-control study.
Yufeng ChenEllen T ChangQing LiuYonglin CaiZhe ZhangGuomin ChenQi-Hong HuangShang-Hang XieSu-Mei CaoWei-Hua JiaYuming ZhengYancheng LiLongde LinIngemar ErnbergDongming WangWeihong ChenRuimei FengGuangwu HuangYi-Xin ZengHans-Olov AdamiWeimin YePublished in: Cancer (2021)
The role of occupational exposures in the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remains unclear, particularly in high-incidence areas. The authors conducted a population-based study with 2514 incident NPC cases and 2586 population controls in southern China and observed that occupational exposures were associated with an increased risk of NPC. Duration-response trends were observed with increasing duration of exposure. These findings provide new evidence supporting an etiologic role of occupational exposures for NPC in a high-incidence region.