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ID (ISN) del documento111273
Número CIS 10-0813
ISSN - Título de la serie 1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Año 2009
Número de serie
Autor(es) MacFarlane E., Benke G., Del Monaco A., Sim M.R.
Título Cancer incidence and mortality in a historical cohort of Australian pest control workers
Información bibliográfica Dec. 2009, Vol.66, No.12, p.818-823. 30 ref.
Resumen The objective of this study was to determine the rates of mortality and incident cancer in a historical cohort of pest control operators, assembled from former state government occupational health surveillance programmes. This cohort was linked to the Australian national registries of cancer and mortality and the results were compared with the general Australian population rates. 125 deaths and 89 incident cancers were found during the periods of observation (mortality 1983-2004 and cancer 1983-2002). Overall cancer incidence and mortality rates were not found to be significantly different from the general population. Among the specific causes of death, suicide (standardized mortality ratio; SMR 1.78) and unintentional falls (SMR 4.57) were significantly in excess, although the latter was based on only four deaths. Melanoma was the only specific incident cancer found significantly in excess (standardized incidence ratio 1.56).
Descriptores (primarios) Nueva Gales del Sur; pesticidas; mortalidad; cáncer; factores de riesgo
Descriptores (secundarios) Australia; valoración estadística; tasas de frecuencia
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Cemercio, servicios, oficinas
Sustancias tóxicas y peligrosas
Broad subject area(s) Industrias y ocupaciones
Navegación por categoria(s) Epidemiology