| Document ID (ISN) | 110268 |
| CIS number |
09-1232 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0340-0131 - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Year |
2009 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Nasterlack M., Messerer P., Pallapies D., Ott M.G., Zober A. |
| Title |
Cancer incidence in the wastewater treatment plant of a large chemical company |
| Bibliographic information |
July 2009, Vol.82, No.7, p.851-856. 16 ref. |
| Abstract |
To evaluate cancer incidence among employees assigned to the wastewater treatment plant of a large German chemical company, a retrospective cohort study was carried out involving 477 male employees who had worked in the facility for at least one year since the start of operations in 1974. Cancers were identified by review of occupational medical records, with information being completed with a standardized questionnaire returned by the participants or, in case of death, by their next of kin. Standardized incidence ratios were computed using comparison data provided by the regional cancer registry. The overall cancer experience among employees of the wastewater treatment plant was similar to that of the general population. However, there was an excess of bladder cancer in one subgroup of workers, which is currently unexplained. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
chemical industry; Germany; sewage treatment; cancer; risk factors; effluents |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
bladder tumour; questionnaire survey; frequency rates; health service records; statistical evaluation; cohort study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Germany |
| Subject(s) |
Chemicals, plastics and rubber
Environmental pollution
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Chemical industry
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