Chan Siu-chung Andrew. / "December 2000." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-136). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

by Chiu Yuk Lan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-133). / Abstract also in Chinese. / TABLE OF CONTENTS / ABSTRACT (ENGLISH) --- p.a / ABSTRACT (CHINESE) --- p.b / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Cancer in Food-service Workers --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Carcinogenicity of Cooking Fumes --- p.1 / Chapter 1.3 --- High Risk of Lung Cancer in Chinese Women --- p.2 / Chapter 1.4 --- Why do We Conduct This Study? --- p.3 / Chapter 1.5 --- Implication of This Study --- p.4 / Chapter 1.6 --- What Types of Cancer were Included in This Study? --- p.4 / Chapter 1.7 --- Aims and Hypothesis of This Study --- p.5 / Chapter 1.8. --- Outline of the Thesis --- p.5 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1. --- Occupational Epidemiological Studies --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Studies of occupation and cancer occurrence based on routine records --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Retrospective cohort studies among food service workers --- p.21 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Case-control studies --- p.27 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Case reports --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Summary --- p.29 / Chapter 2.2. --- Mutagens and Carcinogens in Cooking Fumes --- p.39 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Mutagens and carcinogens in cooking fumes --- p.40 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Summary --- p.42 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- METHODS --- p.44 / Chapter 3.1 --- Study Design --- p.44 / Chapter 3.2 --- Study Population and Subjects --- p.46 / Chapter 3.3 --- Reference Population --- p.48 / Chapter 3.4 --- Sample Size Estimation --- p.48 / Chapter 3.5 --- Data Sources and Data Collection --- p.49 / Chapter 3.6 --- Data Processing --- p.53 / Chapter 3.7 --- Data Analyses --- p.54 / Chapter 3.7.1 --- Standardised proportional mortality ratio (SPMR) --- p.54 / Chapter 3.7.2 --- Adjusted' SPMRs --- p.56 / Chapter 3.7.3 --- Mortality odds ratio (MOR) --- p.58 / Chapter 3.8. --- Exploring if Smoking could be a Confounding Factor --- p.62 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- RESULTS --- p.64 / Chapter 4.1 --- Characteristics of the Food-service Workers --- p.64 / Chapter 4.2 --- Cancer Mortality Patterns of Food-service Workers --- p.69 / Chapter 4.3 --- Adjusted SPMRs --- p.72 / Chapter 4.4 --- Mortality Odds Ratios (MORs) --- p.76 / Chapter 4.5 --- Mortality Odds Ratios Using Multiply Reference Diseases --- p.77 / Chapter 4.6. --- Comparing SPMRs with MORs --- p.82 / Chapter 4.7. --- Internal Comparison --- p.83 / Chapter 4.8 --- Summary of Results --- p.90 / Chapter 4.9. --- Survey on Smoking and Drinking Prevalence among Current Food-service Workers --- p.92 / Chapter 4.9.1 --- Smoking habit --- p.92 / Chapter 4.9.2 --- Drinking habit --- p.94 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS --- p.95 / Chapter 5.1 --- Outcomes for This Study --- p.95 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Cancer risks for the kitchen workers --- p.96 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Cancer risks for the outside kitchen workers --- p.102 / Chapter 5.2 --- Limitations of the Methods Adopted in the Present study --- p.107 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Standardised proportional mortality ratio (SPMR) --- p.107 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Morality odds ratio (MOR) --- p.109 / Chapter 5.3 --- Bias and Control --- p.111 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Selection bias --- p.111 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Information bias --- p.113 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Confounding --- p.116 / Chapter 5.4 --- Implications from the Results of the Present Study --- p.117 / Chapter 5.5 --- Conclusion --- p.119 / APPENDIX --- p.121 / Appendix 1 --- p.121 / Appendix 2 --- p.123 / Appendix 3 --- p.124 / Appendix 4 --- p.125 / REFERENCES --- p.127