Association between oil spill clean-up work and thyroid cancer: Nine years of follow-up after the<i> Hebei</i><i> Spirit</i> oil spill accident
- Authors
- Choi, Yun-Hee; Kim, Lita; Huh, Da-An; Moon, Kyong Whan; Kang, Min-Sung; Lee, Yong-Jin
- Issue Date
- Feb-2024
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- Clean-up work; Cohort study; Hebei Spirit; Oil spill; Thyroid cancer
- Citation
- MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, v.199
- Journal Title
- MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
- Volume
- 199
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/26013
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116041
- ISSN
- 0025-326X
1879-3363
- Abstract
- In 2007, an unprecedented oil spill occurred in Taean, Korea. Although crude oil contains chemicals that could increase thyroid cancer risk, few studies have examined the long-term effects of oil exposure during clean-up and thyroid cancer incidence. We investigated the long-term thyroid cancer incidence among participants involved in clean-up work. 1798 participants engaged in at least two surveys since the baseline was tracked from 2008 to 2018. Participants reported the days they participated in oil clean-up works and cancer diagnoses. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the hazard ratios between clean-up work duration and thyroid cancer. Over the 9-year follow-up, 30 thyroid cancer cases were diagnosed. A positive association was observed between clean-up duration and thyroid cancer risk. This effect was more pronounced among residents living <50 m from traffic roads. Our results indicate that crude oil clean-up work participation may increase the thyroid cancer risk.
- Files in This Item
- There are no files associated with this item.
- Appears in
Collections - College of Medicine > Department of Occupational Medicine > 1. Journal Articles
![qrcode](https://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/?size=55x55&data=https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/26013)
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.