Cancer Incidence and Mortality among Swedish Baltic Sea Fishermen

Lars Hagmar ； Katarina Lindén ； Anita Nilsson ； Bo Norrving ； Björn Åkesson ； Andrejs Schütz ； Torgil Möller

《Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health》 18卷4期 (1992/07) Pp. 217-224

並列摘要

A 25% lower cancer mortality was found for 1360 Swedish fishermen who fished on the Baltic Sea than for the general population. The fishermen consumed twice as much fish as the population in the same county. In spite of the low overall cancer mortality, increased mortality from myeloma, as well as increased incidences of gastric carcinoma and squamous cell cancer of the skin and lips, was observed in the cohort. The decrease in risk for ischemic heart disease was not significant. Whether the dietary intake of fatty acids and selenium from fish contributed to the decreased risk was difficult to evaluate. Moreover, whether the consumption of fish from the Baltic Sea, contaminated with, for example, polychlorinated dioxins and dibenzofurans and other persistent organochlorine substances, contributed to the observed increased specific cancer risks is not known. However, the net health effect of high fish consumption from the Baltic Sea seems to be positive.

並列關鍵字

cerebrovascular diseases ； ischemic heart disease ； mercury ； multiple myeloma ； polychlorinated biphenyls ； polychlorinated dibenzo p-dioxins and furans ； selenium ； squamous cell cancer ； stomach neoplasms ； n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids