Document ID (ISN) | 101756 |
CIS number |
03-669 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0007-9952 - Cahiers de notes documentaires - Hygiène et sécurité du travail |
Year |
2000 |
Convention or series no. |
INRS ND 2136-181-00
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Author(s) |
Moulin J.J., Clavel T., Buclez B., Laffite-Rigaud G. |
Title |
A mortality study among workers in a French aluminium production plant |
Original title |
Etude de mortalité parmi les salariés d'une usine de production d'aluminium en France [in French] |
Bibliographic information |
4th Quarter 2000, No.181, p.5-13. 42 ref. |
Internet access |
http://www.inrs.fr/htm/etude_mortalite_parmi_salaries_usine_production.html [in French]
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Abstract |
The aim of this study was to establish the possible existence of a relationship between bronchopulmonary cancer and exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the aluminium industry. The historical cohort consisted of all 2133 male workers who had been employed for at least a year between 1950 and 1994 in the same plant of a French aluminium producer. Mortality was followed for the period between 1968 and 1994, during which 335 deaths were registered. Causes of death were obtained from death certificates. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were computed using regional mortality rates as external reference. The observed mortality was lower than expected for all causes of death (SMR=0.81) and for lung cancer (SMR=0.63). No lung cancer excess was observed in workshops where PAH exposure was likely to have occurred, and no trend was observed according to duration of exposure and time since first exposure. This low lung cancer mortality may be partly explained by a pronounced healthy worker effect. Translation into French of an article that appeared originally in International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. |
Descriptors (primary) |
aluminium industry; polycyclic hydrocarbons; mortality; aromatic hydrocarbons |
Descriptors (secondary) |
healthy worker effect; bronchial cancer; lung cancer; frequency rates; long-term study; length of exposure; cohort study |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | France |
Subject(s) |
Metal production and metalworking
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Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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Browse category(ies) |
Smelting and refining operations Polycyclic hydrocarbons Aromatic hydrocarbons
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