| Document ID (ISN) | 105601 |
| CIS number |
06-1103 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2005 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Beall C., Bender T.J., Cheng H., Herrick R., Kahn A., Matthews R., Sathiakumar N., Schymura M., Stewart J., Delzell E. |
| Title |
Mortality among semiconductor and storage device-manufacturing workers |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 2005, Vol.47, No.10, p.996-1014. 45 ref. |
| Abstract |
Mortality among 126,836 workers at two semiconductor facilities and one storage device facility was evaluated between 1965 and 1999. Cause-specific mortality rates were compared with general population rates. Employees had lower-than-expected mortality overall (6579 observed deaths, standardized mortality ratio (SMR)=65), for all cancers combined (2159 observed, SMR=78) and for other major diseases. However, central nervous system cancer was associated with maintenance personnel at one of the semiconductor facilities (10 observed, SMR=247). Prostate cancer was associated with facilities and laboratories at the storage device facility (18 observed, SMR=198). Further evaluation of workplace exposures or independent investigations of similar occupational groups may clarify the interpretation of associations observed in this study. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
semiconductor devices; electronics industry; cancer; mortality |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; occupation disease relation; cohort study; prostatic cancer; diseases of central nervous system |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Electronics industry
Manufacturing of electrical appliances and equipment
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