Skip to main content

Table 1 Select characteristics of included formaldehyde studies

From: The importance of evaluating specific myeloid malignancies in epidemiological studies of environmental carcinogens

Reference

Study design

Population or

Cases / controls

Study setting

Years of follow-up

Adjusted for smoking

Meyers 2013 [29]

Occupational cohort

11,098 garment manufacturing workers

US: Georgia and Pennsylvania

1960–2008

No

Coggon 2014 [30]

Occupational cohort

14,008 chemical factory workers

UK: England and Wales

1941–2012

No

Checkoway 2015 [31]

Occupational cohort

25,619 workers at formaldehyde using or producing plants

US: Re-analysis of Beane Freeman 2009

1943–2004

No

Beane Freeman 2009 [32]

Occupational cohort

25,619 workers at formaldehyde using or producing plants

US: 10 industrial plants

1943–2004

No

Saberi Hosjineh 2013 [33]

Population-based cohort

241,465 adults (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort)

10 European countries: Denmark, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the UK

1992–2010

Yes

Talibov 2014 [34]

Population-based case-control

14,982 AML cases

74,505 controls

4 Nordic countries: Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland

1960–2005a

No

  1. a Study period varies by country