L Fritschi

..We have no strategy for measuring rates, mitigating risk and meeting individuals' needs...

..The purpose of this study was to assess the utility of various data sources in providing feedback on the quality of cancer care...

..To use established psychological scales to measure levels of distress, anxiety and depression in veterinarians, and compare these levels between different veterinary subgroups and other professional groups...

..Development of this application has the potential to make high-quality occupational assessment more efficient and accessible for epidemiological studies...

..This study is the first to examine cancer and mortality amongst workers in bauxite mines and alumina refineries and found little evidence for increased cancer incidence or mortality in these workers...

..Left-handers had higher risk of breast cancer than right-handers and the effect was greater for post-menopausal breast cancer (hazard ratio=2.59, 95% confidence interval 1.11-6.03)...

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..To assess the association of selected occupational exposures with risk of prostate cancer and with risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)...

..To determine the relationship between personal, hormonal and lifestyle risk factors and surgically treated benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)...

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..Further research needs to be carried out to determine the reason for this improvement...

..Blue asbestos was mined and milled at Wittenoom in Western Australia between 1943 and 1966...

..These findings suggest that a diet high in fish may be protective against lymphohematopoietic cancers and confirm the reduced risk among fish workers...

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..To identify the prevalence of exposure to potentially harmful occupational hazards in Australian female veterinarians and to report factors associated with prevalence of occupational hazards in this profession...

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..62, 95% CI 1.10-2.38). This difference was not significant after adjustment for treatment factors (HR 1.36, 95% CI 0.90-2.04)...

..We sought to examine the relationships between plasma concentrations of retinol, carotene, and vitamin E and mortality associated with asbestosis in people previously exposed to crocidolite...

..Providing a choice of test did not increase participation...

..To describe the factors associated with serious injuries sustained during cattle-associated activities by veterinarians responding to the Health Risks of Australian Veterinarians (HRAV) survey...

..Fruit, other vegetables and vitamin A intakes did not appear to be strong factors in the development of prostate cancer in this study...

..Other studies examining parental occupational exposure to ELF and ALL have reported mixed results...

..The current study documents (1) changes in pathology reporting from 1989 to 1999 and (2) changes in patterns of histopathological prognostic indicators for breast cancer following introduction of mammographic screening in 1989...

..The incidence of second cancers after CLL has not been reported in detail for Australia, a country with particularly high levels of ultraviolet radiation (UVR)...

..We investigated empirical dietary patterns and prostate cancer risk in Western Australia (WA) using a population-based case-control study...

..This evidence of selection according to socio-economic status indicates that there may also be selection with respect to other factors potentially important in the aetiology of ALL...

..Blue asbestos was mined and milled at Wittenoom, Western Australia, from 1943 until 1966. Various public records were used to establish a cohort of residents of the nearby township. Mine tailings were distributed throughout the town...

..This paper examines relationships between military history, family history and risk of prostate cancer in a population-based case control study...

..These findings suggest that people with chronically low plasma levels of retinol have increased risk of developing mesothelioma and lung cancer...

..83 (95% CI: 0.73-0.94). Vitamin supplementation in pregnancy may protect against childhood ALL, but this effect is unlikely to be large or, if real, specifically due to folate...

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..The aim of this analysis is to investigate whether diagnostic X-rays of the mother before birth, of the father before conception, or of the child increased the risk of childhood ALL...

..A high injury prevalence has been reported among veterinarians. Studies describing the factors associated with injury have been limited...

..To investigate the risk of birth defects in offspring of female veterinarians exposed to occupational hazards such as radiation, anesthetic gases, and pesticides in veterinary practice...

..02). Epidemiological studies on dietary and genetic risk factors for CRC should take into account these may confer different risks for right- and left-sided tumors...

..There was no suggestion of reduced prostate cancer risk with consumption of fresh and canned fish. Our results suggest that consumption of preserved fish may reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer...

..However, there are still nearly 400 deaths from NMSC in Australia annually. We aimed to investigate the accuracy of NMSC death coding and to describe the characteristics of these deaths and the potential for prevention...

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..To describe the incidence of second primary invasive melanoma...

..To compare intake estimates, validity and reliability of two summary questions to measure fish consumption with information from a detailed semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) on fish consumption...

..Workers in the textile industry may be exposed to textile dusts, a wide range of chemicals and electromagnetic radiation...

..Trials have shown that mammography screening reduces mortality and probably decreases morbidity related to breast cancer...

..The excess mortality from upper aerodigestive cancers seen in this cohort of former asbestos workers compared to the Western Australian male population does not appear to be associated with exposure to crocidolite...

..An apparently increased risk associated with someone other than the parents painting inside the house may be related to the amount of paint used and the intensity of the dose received...

..They also show that using this FFQ, remote diet recalled from 10 y earlier may be as reliable as recent dietary recall...

..Hay fever was associated with melanoma risk in men but not in women. No association was found between breast and lung cancers and allergic disorders or atopy...

..To determine whether exposure to five different occupational substances contributes to respiratory symptoms in aluminium smelter workers...

..This study was undertaken to examine the validity of occupational exposure assessment by comparing the ratings of experienced raters with previously recorded industrial hygiene measurements...

..To examine the characteristics of persons attending a skin cancer screening clinic in Western Australia and compare the effectiveness of screening in different socio-demographic subgroups...

..This study aimed to examine the risk of leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), and multiple myeloma associated with occupational exposure to animals...

..Future studies need to improve exposure assessment and develop ways to adjust for possible prenatal factors...

..Even though breast cancer incidence is lower in Arab developing countries than in western countries, Arabic women are more likely to be diagnosed at an earlier age than the women in western countries...

..MCC has not been extensively investigated in Australia, even though Australia has the highest incidence of sun-related cancers in the world...

..2% vs. 20.9%, p=0.28). In 1989 35% of women were treated by high caseload surgeons. By 1999 this had risen to 82%. The results confirm that women treated by high caseload surgeons have better outcomes...

..Fractures were the most common type of serious injury. The use of safety precautions at the time of the injury was reported by 70 per cent of those injured...

..Further prospective studies are required to identify better the physiological and socioeconomic factors responsible for failure to complete chemotherapy so that appropriate improvements in health service delivery can be made...

..To validate a detailed semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire designed to measure habitual fish and seafood consumption...

..To determine the risk of all cause mortality, cause specific mortality, and incident cancer in meatworkers...

..To investigate whether remodelling of the breast after breast reduction surgery has an effect on mammographic cancer detection...

..One of the difficulties in determining this association has been measurement of different attributes of meat consumption, including cooking methods and level of doneness...

..Further studies are needed to verify this finding owing to the rarity of melanoma and the small number of confirmed melanomas in this study...

..CONCLUSIONS: Patterns of management of women with early invasive breast cancer in Western Australia during the 1990s changed significantly in all respects toward those recommended in the 1995 guidelines...

..We aimed to use accurate means to assess occupational exposures to solvents, metals, organic dusts and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in a case-control study...

..To examine whether occupational hazards such as anesthetic gases, radiation, pesticides, and working hours in veterinary practice are associated with preterm delivery (before 37 weeks of gestation) in female veterinarians...

..Considering that nurses account for more than 40% of total employment in the veterinary service industry, the results of this study show that the occupational health hazards of this professional group require further study...

..CONCLUSIONS: Investigations and choice of surgery in WA in 1996 reflect current international guidelines. The survival of patients with resectable lung cancer remains unsatisfactory...

..Exposure to asbestos is associated with reduced static lung volumes, gas transfer and lung compliance, and a restrictive ventilatory abnormality...

..The majority of respondents felt they had sufficient time and information to decide to donate, and almost all were happy with their decision and thought they had received adequate support during and after the process...

..One possible mechanism for the postulated link between high consumption of meat and colorectal cancer (CRC) is the content of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) in meat...

..The more desirable statistical properties of the CGHQ result in a reduction of significant interaction terms and are strongly recommended in future studies as a means of controlling Type I errors when tests of moderation are examined...

..This paper examines the accuracy and reliability of assessment of balding patterns by both trained observers and men themselves, using the Hamilton-Norwood classification system...

..To describe the demographics of solarium users and the correlates of solarium use in Queensland...

..Although this study had limited power, the findings do not suggest modification of the association between pesticide exposure and NHL risk by asthma or atopic disease more generally...

..To investigate whether people diagnosed with cancer have an increased risk of death from non-cancer causes compared to the general population...

..There are a number of risk factors for traumatic injury in veterinary practice but there is little information on the prevalence of injuries or the factors associated with injury in this profession...

..To describe the population prevalence of key cancer risk behaviours in Queensland...

..In particular the authors recommend use of a company job dictionary to optimize reproducibility of self-reported occupational information...

..The aim of this study was to determine the risk of respiratory complications and wound infection among smokers...

..This paper reviews previous attempts to estimate the proportion of cancers caused by occupational factors in Australia and overseas and calculates an estimate of the burden of occupational cancer in Australia...

..This study provides consistent evidence that sexually transmitted infections and zoonoses are not risk factors for non-Hodgkin lymphoma...

..Findings suggest that the validity of skin screening diagnoses in the general population is reasonable. Body site of the lesion should be taken into account when calculating validity of these diagnoses...

..Men who were part of an Australian petroleum industry cohort had previously been found to have an excess of lympho-hematopoietic cancer. Occupational benzene exposure is a possible cause of this excess...

..Because late birth order and childhood crowding are inversely associated with atopy, we also investigated their associations with NHL risk...

..This study investigated the health implications of longer-term cancer survivorship in an Australian, population-based sample...

..This method may not be valid for diseases in which disability brought on by one job may influence later work history, such as asthma. We investigated different surrogates for total work history for the outcome of asthma symptoms...

..This is the first Australian study to report on patterns of surgical care specifically for early breast cancer at a population level...

..CONCLUSION: Nodular type and older age are the most significant associations of thick melanoma...

..Increasing evidence that vitamin D may protect against cancer makes UV-mediated synthesis of vitamin D a plausible mechanism whereby sun exposure might protect against NHL...

..The use of artificial neural networks shows promise in future applications to occupational assessment by JSMs and expert assessment...

..To examine the effects of asbestos exposure and tobacco smoking on the level and rate of change of the diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO)...

..At present it is advisable to perform cancer record linkages through the State registries in addition to or instead of the NCSCH...

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..5- to 2-fold increases in risk but with wide confidence intervals. These results provide weak support for the possibility that sun sensitivity or perhaps sun exposure increases risk of NHL...

..To describe the process of colorectal cancer diagnosis in Queensland, and to determine factors associated with time to diagnosis...

..This study compared health behaviors among a large sample of Australian adult cancer survivors with an age- and sex-matched cohort of people with no cancer history...

..Spermatocytic seminoma is a rare subtype of testicular germ cell tumor which has been reported to occur in elderly men. We report the first population based estimate of incidence, temporal trends and age distribution of this tumor...

..As there were missing data from some cases the study faced some difficulties in interpreting the results. Recommendations for an improved surveillance system are made in order to minimise missing data...

..Color change is uncommon. CONCLUSION: NM often fails to fulfill the ABCD diagnostic criteria. Biopsy after a set period of observation should aid differentiation from inflammatory lesions and enable earlier detection of this subtype...