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ID (ISN) del documento32713
Número CIS 80-161
ISSN - Título de la serie 0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine
Año 1979
Número de serie
Autor(es) Tola S., Koskela R.S., Hernberg S., Järvinen E.
Título Lung cancer mortality among iron foundry workers.
Información bibliográfica Nov. 1979, Vol.21, No.11, p.753-760. Illus. 23 ref.
Resumen The subjects were 3,425 workers with at least one year's employment in an iron foundry since 1918. There were statistically significantly more deaths due to lung cancer than expected. Moulders and casters were at the greatest risk. A higher lung cancer risk was associated with exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Descriptores (primarios) mortalidad; fundiciones; cáncer de pulmón
Descriptores (secundarios) colada de metales; Finlandia; encuesta epidemiológica; confección de moldes y núcleos; hidrocarburos aromáticos
Tipo de documento -
Tema(s) Patología profesional
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations