| Document ID (ISN) | 60041 |
| CIS number |
93-855 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1992 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Rönnerberg A., Langmark F. |
| Title |
Epidemiologic evidence of cancer in aluminium reduction plant workers |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 1992, Vol.22, No.4, p.573-590. 42 ref. |
| Abstract |
This paper reviews the epidemiologic evidence of cancer risks among workers in aluminium reduction plants with emphasis on associations with specific work areas and exposures. Studies of workers manufacturing carbon products outside the aluminium industry were also reviewed since the work environment is similar to that encountered in the carbon area of aluminium plants. 16 publications form 11 separate studies were obtained from references cited through compact disc literature searching during the period 1980-1990, and from the Nordic Aluminium Industry's Secretariat for Health, Environment and Safety. Work in potrooms with Södeberg electrolytic cells was associated with increased risk of bladder cancer, and the increase was correlated with duration of tar exposure. There was a suggestion of increased risk of leukaemias and pancreatic cancers in potroom workers, and of kidney and brain cancers without any clear association with specific exposures or work areas. Results showed associations between lung cancer risk and tar exposure in Södeberg plants, and between lung cancer and work in prebake or carbon plants. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
aluminium industry; mortality; occupation disease relation; neoplasms; long-term exposure; ore reduction; epidemiology |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; coal tar; Canada; USA; France; IARC; Italy; aromatic hydrocarbons; electromagnetic fields; aluminium; aluminium oxide; renal cancer; bladder tumour; lung cancer; tumour of the pancreas; Norway |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Norway |
| Subject(s) |
Metal production and metalworking
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Epidemiology
Smelting and refining operations
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