| Document ID (ISN) | 108528 |
| CIS number |
08-1054 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Gibbs G.W., Armstrong B., Sevigny M. |
| Title |
Mortality and cancer experience of Quebec aluminum reduction plant workers. Part 2: Mortality of three cohorts hired on or before January 1, 1951 |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 2007, Vol.49, No.10, p.1105-1123. 42 ref. |
| Abstract |
The mortality of 5,977 male aluminium smelter workers hired at three Quebec plants before 1951 was compared with that of Quebec men. Statistically significant causes of death were: lung cancer (at the three plants); bladder cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (at two plants); cancers of the stomach, digestive system, rectum, pancreas, and larynx, Alzheimer's disease and cerebrovascular disease (one plant). Mortality from cancer of the lung and bladder and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are related to exposure in Söderberg smelters. The cause of increased stomach cancer mortality is unclear. Excess mortality from some other diseases may be explained by factors other than coal tar pitch volatiles exposure. See also CIS 08-1052 and 08-1055. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
aluminium industry; Quebec; smelting plants; cancer; mortality |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
obstructive ventilatory impairment; statistical evaluation; Canada; circulatory disorders of the brain; laryngeal cancer; bladder tumour; lung cancer; pancreatic diseases; pitch; coal tar; gastrointestinal cancer; cohort study; long-term study; length of exposure; male workers |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Canada; United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Metal production and metalworking
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Chemical safety
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| Browse category(ies) |
Smelting and refining operations
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