| Document ID (ISN) | 110066 |
| CIS number |
09-1039 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1545-9624 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene |
| Year |
2009 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Stampfer M.J. |
| Title |
Welding occupations and mortality from Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases among United States men, 1985-1999 |
| Bibliographic information |
May 2009, Vol.6, No.5, p.267-272. 17 ref. |
| Abstract |
It has been hypothesized that occupational exposure to manganese fumes among welders could increase risk of Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. The present study examines the mortality from neurodegenerative diseases among male welders in the United States from 1985 to 1999. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to calculate mortality odds ratios of death from Parkinson's disease or other neurodegenerative diseases among welders compared with men of other occupations. During the study period, 49,174 deaths were attributed to Parkinson's disease, 54,892 to Alzheimer's disease, and 19,018 to presenile dementia. However there was no evidence of increased odds of mortality from either of these diseases among welders as compared with men with other occupations. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
manganese and compounds; Parkinson's disease; metal fumes; welding and cutting; degenerative processes; neurological effects; welding fumes |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; statistical evaluation; risk factors; mortality |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Metal production and metalworking
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Diseases of the nervous system
Welding and cutting
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