ID Number		1088
Study Type		Epidemiology
Model		Occupational exposure to workers in the telecommunications industry and correlation with skin melanoma
Details		Workers in the Telecom industry (landline telecom) were analyzed for incidence of melanoma (the study was precipitated in 1982 by an initial observation at a hospital melanoma clinic in Montreal of seven men working in a single telecommunications company). A preliminary gross comparison with general population rates indicated an increased risk in this working group. A more detailed standardized incidence ratio (SIR) was calculated based on the rates of melanoma in the local population of the Greater Metropolitan Montreal Area for the years 1976-83. An increase was observed in males (n = 10 cases vs. 3.7 expected; OR = 2.7; 95% CI 1.31-5.02), there was no apparent correlation with job title or department. A subsequent study reported no correlation with mortality, and instead a healthy worker effect for both men (OR = 0.57; 95% CI 0.50-0.64) and women (OR = 0.56; 95% CI 0.37-0.82).
Findings		Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Funding Agency		Private/Instit.
Country		CANADA
References		DeGuire, L et al. Br J Ind Med, (1992) 49:728-731 De Guire, L et al. Br. J. Ind. Med., (1988) 45:824-828
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