| Document ID (ISN) | 110961 |
| CIS number |
10-0503 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0340-0131 - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Year |
2010 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Andersson E., Persson B., Bryngelsson I.L., Magnuson A., Westberg H. |
| Title |
Cancer mortality in a Swedish cohort of pulp and paper mill workers |
| Bibliographic information |
Feb. 2010, Vol.83, No.2, p.123-132. 33 ref. |
| Abstract |
Cancer mortality was examined among Swedish pulp and paper mill workers. A cohort of 18,163 male and 2,290 female workers at four sulfate and four sulfite mills, enrolled from 1939 to 1999, was followed up for mortality from 1952 to 2001. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) relative to the general Swedish population were calculated. There were 1,340 malignant cases out of 5,898 deaths. Total cancer mortality was not increased in either sulfate or sulfite mill workers, or by gender. Lung cancer mortality was increased among female workers (SMR 1.70), especially in paper production, but not among male workers (SMR 0.91). Exposure to wood dust and sulfur dioxide frequently exceeded occupational exposure limits. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Sweden; mortality; cancer; pulp and paper industry |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
sulfur dioxide; wood dust; lung cancer; cohort study; sex-linked differences |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Paper-making and printing
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Cancer and carcinogens
Paper and paper products industry
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