OBJECTIVES: This paper aims to investigate the relation between occupational exposure to particles, particle size, and the incidence of @entity63 and @entity64 . METHODS: The cohort included all manual workers identified from the Swedish National Census in 1980, who were alive as of 1 January 1987. First time events of @entity63 or @entity64 during the period 1987-2005 were identified through linkage to the Hospital Discharge Register and the National Cause of Death Register. A job-exposure matrix for exposure to small (<1   m) and large (>1   m) particles was developed and applied. Hazard ratios (HR) were estimated by @entity797 regression with adjustment for age, socioeconomic group, and residential area. RESULTS: Increased HR of @entity385 were found among both @entity1 and @entity1 occupationally exposed to small as well as large particles for >= 5 years. The risks were higher for workers exposed for >= 5 years compared to "ever exposed" @entity1 indicating a dose-response relationship, but no trend with exposure intensity was observed. A tentative association between particle exposure and @entity64 was also found. CONCLUSIONS: Occupational exposure to small and large particles was associated with increased risks of @entity385 . Further studies are needed to explore the relationships between exposure to different types of particles and various doses and the occurrence of @entity64 among @entity1 as well as @entity1 .

Occupational exposure to particles and incidence of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['men', 'participants', 'women'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke', 'hemorrhagic stroke'] @entity63 :: ('MESH:D007511', 'Disease') :: ['ischemic'] @entity797 :: ('1351', 'Gene') :: ['Cox'] @entity385 :: ('MESH:D002544', 'Disease') :: ['ischemic stroke']
@entity64 :: (MESH:D020521,Disease) :: ['stroke']
