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Acta Oncologica 2009
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Nordic Occupational Cancer Study (NOCCA)
We present up to 45 years of cancer incidence data by occupational category for the Nordic populations.
The study covers the 15 million people aged 30-64 years in the 1960, 1970, 1980/1981 and/or 1990 censuses in Denmark,
Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and the 2.8 million incident cancer cases diagnosed in these people in a follow-up until about 2005.
Further studies will focus on associations between specific work-related factors and
well-defined cancer diseases with the aim to identify exposure-response patterns.
In addition to the cancer data demonstrated in the incidence publication, the NOCCA project
produces a Nordic Job Exposure Matrix (JEM) that transforms information about occupational
title histories to quantitative estimates of specific exposures. The third essential component
is methodological development targeted at better interpretation of results based on averaged
information of exposures and co-factors in the occupational categories.
This study was financially supported by the Nordic Cancer Union and
Scientific Council in Sweden.
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EPI team |
Eero Pukkala1,2 |
Jan Ivar Martinsen3 |
Elsebeth Lynge4 |
Pär Sparèn6 |
Laufey Tryggvadottir7,15 |
Elisabete Weiderpass3,6,8,9 |
Kristina Kjærheim3 |
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JEM team |
Timo Kauppinen10 |
Pirjo Heikkilä10 |
Nils Plato6 |
Torill Woldbaek11 |
Kaare Lenvik11 |
Johnni Hansen12 |
Vidir Kristjansson13 |
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STAT team |
Esa Läärä14 |
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Project coordinator |
Prof. Eero Pukkala1 |
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