Occupational cancer in adult New Zealanders
The aims of this project are:
- To obtain an overview of the importance of occupational factors for bladder cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukaemia and lung cancer in New Zealand.
- To quantify the proportion of cases due to known occupational causes.
- To identify new occupational causes of these cancers
RELATED PUBLICATIONS

McLean D, 't Mannetje A, Dryson E, Walls C, McKenzie F, Maule M, Cheng S, Cunningham C, Kromhout H, Boffetta P, Blair A, Pearce N. Leukaemia and occupation: a New Zealand Cancer Registry-based case-control Study. Int J Epidemiol, 2009; 38(2): 594-606. |
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Dryson E, 't Mannetje A, Walls C, McLean D, McKenzie F, Maule M, Cheng S, Cunningham C, Kromhout H, Boffetta P, Blair A, Pearce N. Case-control study of high risk occupations for bladder cancer in New Zealand. Int J Cancer, 2008; 122(6): 1340-6. |
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't Mannetje A, Dryson E, Walls C, McLean D, McKenzie F, Maule M, Cheng S, Cunningham C, Kromhout H, Boffetta P, Blair A, Pearce N. High risk occupations for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in New Zealand: case-control study. Occup Environ Med, 2008; 65(5): 354-63. |
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Behrens T, Kendzia B, Treppmann T, Olsson A, Jöckel K, Gustavsson P, Pohlabein H, Ahrens W, Brüske I, Wichmann H, Merletti F, Mirabelli D, Richiardi L, Simonato L, Zaridze D, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Rudnai P, Lissowska J, Fabianova E, Tardόn A, Field J, Stanescu Dumitru R, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Siemiatycki J, Parent M, McLaughlin J, Demers P, Landi M, Caporaso N, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Peters S, Benhamou S, Stücker I, Guida F, Consonni D, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, 't Mannetje A, Pearce N, Ah Tse L, Yu I, Plato N, Boffetta P, Straif K, Schüz J, Pesch B, Brüning T. Lung cancer risk among bakers, pastry cooks and confectionary makers: the SYNERGY study. Occ Environ Med, 2013; 70(11): 810-814. |
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Kendzia B, Behrens T, Jöckel K, Siemiatycki J, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Peters S, Van Gelder R, Olsson A, Brüske I, Wichmann H, Stücker I, Guida F, Tardόn A, Merletti F, Mirabelli D, Richiardi L, Pohlabein H, Ahrens W, Landi M, Caporaso N, Consonni D, Zaridze D, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Gustavsson P, Marcus M, Fabianova E, 't Mannetje A, Pearce N, Ah Tse L, Yu I, Rudnai P, Bencko V, Janout V, Mates D, Foretova L, Forastiere F, McLaughlin J, Demers P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Boffetta P, Schüz J, Straif K, Pesch B, Brüning T. Welding and lung cancer in a pooled analysis of case-control studies. Am J Epidemiol, 2013; 178(10): 1513-1525. |
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Vlaanderen J,
Portengen L,
Schüz J,
Olsson A,
Pesch B,
Stücker I,
Guida F,
Brüske I,
Wichmann H,
Consonni D,
Landi M,
Caporaso N,
Siemiatycki J,
Merletti F,
Mirabelli D,
Richiardi L,
Gustavsson P,
Plato N,
Jöckel K,
Ahrens W,
Pohlabeln H,
Tardόn A,
Zaridze D,
Field J,
't Mannetje A,
Pearce N,
McLaughlin J,
Demers P,
Szeszenia-Dabrowska N,
Lissowska J,
Rudnai P,
Fabianova E,
Stanescu Dumitru R,
Bencko V,
Foretova L,
Janout V,
Boffetta P,
Forastiere F,
Bueno-de-Mesquita B,
Peters S,
Brüning T,
Kromhout H,
Straif K,
Vermeulen R.
Effect modification of the association of cumulative exposure and cancer risk by intensity of exposure and time since exposure cessation: A flexible method applied to cigarette smoking and lung cancer in the SYNERGY Study. Am J Epidemiol, 2014; 179(3): 290-298.
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Corbin M, McLean D, 't Mannetje A, Dryson E, Walls C, McKenzie F, Maule M, Cheng S, Cunningham C, Kromhout H, Blair A, Pearce N. Lung cancer and occupation: A New Zealand cancer registry-based case-control study. Am J Ind Med, 2011; 54(2): 89-101. |
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Consonni D, De Matteis S, Pesatori A, Bertazzi P, Olsson A, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Peters S, Pesch B, Brüning T, Kendzia B, Behrens T, Stücker I, Guida F, Wichmann H, Brüske I, Landi M, Caporaso N, Gustavsson P, Plato N, Ah Tse L, Yu I, Jöckel K, Ahrens W, Pohlabeln H, Merletti F, Richiardi L, Simonato L, Forastiere F, Siemiatycki J, Parent M, Tardόn A, Boffetta P, Zaridze D, Chen Y, Field J, 't Mannetje A, Pearce N, McLaughlin J, Demers P, Jolanta L, Neonila S, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Stanescu Dumitru R, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Schüz J, Straif K. Lung cancer risk among bricklayers in a pooled analysis of case-control studies. Int J Cancer, 2015; 136(2): 360-371. |
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Bigert C, Gustavsson P, Straif K, Pesch B, Brüning T, Kendzia B, Schüz J, Stücker I, Guida F, Brüske I, Wichmann H, Pesatori A, Landi M, Caporaso N, Ah Tse L, Yu I, Siemiatycki J, Pintos J, Merletti F, Mirabelli D, Simonato L, Jöckel K, Ahrens W, Pohlabein H, Tardόn A, Zaridze D, Field J, 't Mannetje A, Pearce N. Lung cancer risk among cooks when accounting for tobacco smoking - a pooled analysis of case-control studies from Europe, Canada, New Zealand and China. J Occup Environ Med, 2015; 57(2): 202-209. |
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McLean D. (2016) The epidemiology of occupational cancer in New Zealand. HSANZ, Health & Safety Association NZ Conference 2016. 8 Sep. Wellington, NZ. |
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't Mannetje A. Cancer agents at work. Safeguard, 2020; March/April: 22-23. |
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Guha N, Bouaoun L, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Brüning T, Behrens T, Peters S, Luzon V, Siemiatycki J, Et al , 't Mannetje A, Et al . Lung cancer risk in painters: results from the SYNERGY pooled case-control study consortium. Occup Environ Med, 2021; 78(4): 269-278. |
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Bigert C, Gustavsson P, Straif K, Taeger D, Pesch B, Kendzia B, Schüz J, Stücker I, Guida F, Bruske I, Wichmann H, Pesatori A, Landi M, Caporaso N, Ah Tse L, Yu I, Siemiatycki J, Lavoué J, Richiardi L, Mirabelli D, Simonato L, Jöckel K, Ahrens W, Pohlabeln H, Tardon A, Zaridze D, Field J, 't Mannetje A, Pearce N, McLaughlin J, Demers P, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Stanescu Dumitru R, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Boffetta P, Peters S, Vermeulen R, Kromhout H, Brüning T, Olsson A. Lung Cancer Among Firefighters: Smoking-Adjusted Risk Estimates in a Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies. J Occup Environ Med, 2016; 58(11):1137-43. |
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