| ID (ISN) del documento | 59347 |
| Número CIS |
93-193 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Año |
1992 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Chen J., McLaughlin J.K., Zhang J.Y., Stone B.J., Luo J., Chen R.A., Dosemeci M., Rexing S.H., Wu Z., Hearl F.J., McCawley M.A., Blot W.J. |
| Título |
Mortality among dust-exposed Chinese mine and pottery workers |
| Información bibliográfica |
Mar. 1992, Vol.34, No.3, p.311-316. 20 ref. |
| Resumen |
A cohort study of 68,000 persons employed from 1972-74 in Chinese metal mines and pottery factories was conducted to evaluate cancer mortality and other diseases among workers exposed to silica and other dusts. A follow-up of subjects through 1989 revealed 6,192 deaths, a number close to that expected based on Chinese national mortality rates. There was, however, a nearly six-fold increase in deaths from pulmonary heart disease and a 48% excess of mortality from nonmalignant respiratory diseases, primarily because of a more than 30-fold excess of pneumoconiosis. Pulmonary heart disease and non-cancerous respiratory disease rates rose in proportion to dust exposure. Cancer mortality overall was not increased among the miners or pottery workers. There was no increased risk of lung cancer, except among tin miners, and trends in risk of lung cancer with increasing level of dust exposure were not significant. Risks of lung cancer were 22% higher among workers with than without silicosis. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
mortalidad; minas; fabricación de porcelanas y loza; polvos respirables |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
China; industria del amianto; enfermedades respiratorias; cáncer de pulmón; tumores; silicosis; enfermedades cardíacas; encuesta epidemiológica; minas de metal; neumoconiosis |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| País / Estado o Provincia | China; Estados Unidos |
| Tema(s) |
Polvos, aerosoles
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Riesgos químicos
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Glass, pottery and related materials
Mining and quarrying
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