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Urinary cytology in workmen engaged in the petrochemical industry with reference to non-industrial risk factors

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Urine cytology was evaluated in 8,406 male workers of 8 petrochemical factories in western and northern Germany during the routine medical check-up performed by the department of industrial medicine of the respective factory. All relevant data referring to possible private and occupational risk factors were registered and evaluated. Four percent (n=358) of the 8,406 workers examined exhibited Pap 3/4 cytology. Urological examination did not reveal any bladder tumor in those workers with either a single Pap 4 or a repeated Pap 3 finding on cytology. Our study showed that deterioration of cell differentiation correlated significantly with age and cigarette smoking. Furthermore, a risk group (males above 40 years of age exposed to occupational chemicals, smokers, and coffee drinkers) differed from a non-risk group. Age and cigarette smoking seemed to be the determinant factors. No correlation could be adduced between any kind of industrial exposure and urine cytology.

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  1. Department of Urology of the University, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. -D. Adolphs, H. W. Schwabe & E. W. Vahlensieck

  2. Institute for Medical Statistics, Documentation and Data Processing of the University, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany

    G. Hildenbrand

  3. St. Ansgar-Krankenhaus Urologische Abteilung, Brenkhäuser Straße 71, D-3470, Höxter 1

    H. -D. Adolphs

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Adolphs, H.D., Hildenbrand, G., Schwabe, H.W. et al. Urinary cytology in workmen engaged in the petrochemical industry with reference to non-industrial risk factors. Urol. Res. 13, 61–65 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00261567

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