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A Death Certificate Analysis of Nasal Cancer among Furniture Workers in North Carolina

Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

A case-control study of nasal cancer, based on death certificate statements on occupation in North Carolina counties with furniture-manufacturing industries, revealed a 4-fold excess risk linked to this occupation. Although woodworking exposures have been associated with nasal adenocarcinomas in several areas of the world, this is the first report of such a relationship in the United States.

Received 5/ 4/77. Accepted 6/29/77.