Document ID (ISN) | 53411 |
CIS number |
90-485 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0355-3140 - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health |
Year |
1986 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Claude J., Frentzel-Beyme R. |
Title |
Mortality of workers in a German rock-wool factory - A second look with extended follow-up |
Bibliographic information |
1986, Vol.12, suppl.1., p.53-60. 16 ref. |
Abstract |
A cohort of 2,092 workers employed in a German rock-wool factory was followed until the end of 1982, and the mortality experience was compared with the national mortality rates and the rates of an internal reference cohort. This mortality analysis revealed a standardised mortality ratio (SMR) of 110 for overall mortality. Significantly more malignant neoplasms occurred than were expected (SMR 127). The increase in risk for lung cancer (SMR 121), which was not statistically significant, was also not related to time since first exposure or length of employment. The occurrence of an unusually high SMR of 336 for benign and unspecified neoplasms could not be clarified. Most of the excess from other specific causes of death, such as stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, and alcoholism, appear to be unrelated to the rock-wool production since they occurred either among workers employed for very short periods (less than 1yr) or as frequently among workers in the reference cohort. |
Descriptors (primary) |
man-made fibres; mortality; mineral wool; non-metallic mineral products industries; tumour of the pancreas; gastrointestinal cancer; exposure evaluation; lung cancer |
Descriptors (secondary) |
dangerous substances; benign tumours; Germany (Federal Republic of); IARC; neoplasms; epidemiologic study; long-term study; length of exposure; occupation disease relation |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Gastrointestinal diseases Exposure evaluation Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar) Endocrine diseases
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