Background: A case-control study was conducted with 183 histologically confirmed neuroblastoma cases aged 0-14 years diagnosed among residents of New York State, excluding New York City, between 1976 and 1987. Three hundred seventy-two controls were selected from the New York State live birth certificate registry and were matched to cases on year of birth. Methods: Parental occupational exposures at the time of each child's birth were obtained from maternal telephone interviews, successfully completed for 85% of cases and 87% of controls. Results: Odds ratios were significantly elevated for maternal occupation in the service (OR = 2.0, 95% CI = 1.0- 4.1) and retail (OR = 2.0, 95% CI = 1.1-3.7) industries and paternal occupation in materials handling (OR = 3.8, 95% CI = 1.1-14.6). Odds ratios were also significantly elevated for maternal report of occupational exposure to acetone (OR = 3.1, 95% CI = 1.7-5.6), insecticides (OR = 2.3, 95% CI = 1.4-3.7), lead (OR = 4.7, 95% CI = 1.3-18.2) and petroleum (OR = 3.0, 95% CI = 1.5-6.1) and paternal exposure to creosote (OR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.1-4.3), dioxin (OR = 6.9, 95% CI = 1.3-68.4), lead (OR = 2.4, 95% CI = 1.2-4.8), and petroleum (OR = 1.8, 95% CI = 1.1-2.8). Conclusions: Due to the uncertainty of the biologic plausibility of these associations and the possibility of alternative explanations, these results should be interpreted cautiously.
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Kerr, M. A., Nasca, P. C., Mundt, K. A., Michalek, A. M., Baptiste, M. S., & Mahoney, M. C. (2000). Parental occupational exposures and risk of neuroblastoma: A case-control study (United States). Cancer Causes and Control, 11(7), 635–643. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008951632482
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