Abbreviations
| ACC | Accident Compensation Corporation |
| AF | Attributable fraction |
| CC | Case control |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| NODS | Notifiable Occupational Disease System |
| NZHIS | New Zealand Health Information Service |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| OSH | Occupational Safety and Health Service |
| PAH | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
| RR | Relative risk |
| SIR | Standardised incidence ratio |
| SMR | Standardised mortality ratio |