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ID (ISN) del documento62299
Número CIS 94-907
ISSN - Título de la serie 0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Año 1993
Número de serie
Autor(es) Rotimi C., Austin H., Delzell E., Day C., Macaluso M., Honda Y.
Título Retrospective follow-up study of foundry and engine plant workers
Información bibliográfica Oct. 1993, Vol.24, No.4, p.485-498. Illus. 38 ref
Resumen A retrospective follow-up study of 21,013 workers employed at a foundry and two engine manufacturing plants was conducted to determine if these workers had an unusual mortality experience. A total of 2,235 deaths occurred during the follow-up period of 1970-1987. Mortality from all causes was lower than expected. Men experienced a 6-13% excess of lung cancer deaths, depending on the choice of the comparison group. The data displayed evidence of a positive trend between lung cancer mortality and increasing duration of employment (p=0.008). White men experienced a statistically significant excess of deaths from stomach cancer (SMR=158; 95% CI=101-234). Black men had increased mortality from pancreatic cancer, especially among engine plant workers (SMR=303; CI=121-624), and an excess of prostate cancer, concentrated among foundry workers (SMR=234; CI=112-430).
Descriptores (primarios) diferencias por raza; patología profesional; fundiciones; cáncer; industria del automóvil; mortalidad
Descriptores (secundarios) Estados Unidos; enfermedades profesionales; cáncer de pulmón; observación de larga duración; cáncer de próstata; estudio de cohorte; cáncer gastrointestinal
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
País / Estado o ProvinciaEstados Unidos
Tema(s) Metalurgia, trabajo de los metales
Broad subject area(s) Industrias y ocupaciones
Navegación por categoria(s) Motor vehicle manufacturing industry
Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations