| ID (ISN) del documento | 51765 |
| Número CIS |
89-819 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0025-729X - Medical Journal of Australia |
| Año |
1988 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Corbett S., O'Neill B.J. |
| Título |
A cluster of cases of lymphoma in an underground colliery |
| Información bibliográfica |
15 Aug. 1988, Vol.149, No.4, p.178-185. Illus. 36 ref. |
| Resumen |
An apparent occupational outbreak of cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among the employees of an underground colliery on the New South Wales (Australia) south coast was investigated. The employment register of the mine recorded that 1004 men had worked at the colliery from its opening in 1946 until Dec 31, 1986. In this period, this cohort of men had amassed 18,818 person-years. A person-years analysis of the mortality and morbidity due to cancer showed a standardised incidence ratio for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of 3.27 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.31-6.74) and for Hodgkin's disease of 7.27 (95% CI, 1.98-18.59). All of the cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were diagnosed after 1978. An excess of cases of cancer of the salivary gland was also present (standardised incidence ratio, 10.00; 95% CI, 1.21-36.10). No plausible carcinogen was identified in the colliery. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
Australia; linfoma; mineria del carbón; morbilidad; enfermedad de Hodgkin |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
leucemia linfoide crónica; tumores; exámenes médicos; observación de larga duración |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| Tema(s) |
Minas y canteras
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Medicina del trabajo, epidemiología
|
| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Blood diseases
Mining and quarrying
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