| Document ID (ISN) | 111254 |
| CIS number |
10-0795 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1077-3525 - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Pinheiro G.A., Antao V.C., Wood J.M., Wassell J.T. |
| Title |
Occupational risks for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis mortality in the United States |
| Bibliographic information |
2nd quarter 2008, Vol. 14, No.2, p.117-123. Illus. 31 ref. |
| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to identify risk factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). It involved analyzing mortality data for "other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis," deriving age-adjusted mortality rates for 1999-2003, and assessing occupational risks for 1999, by calculating proportionate mortality ratios (PMRs) and mortality odds ratios (MORs) using a matched case-control approach. A total of 84,010 IPF deaths were identified, with an age-adjusted mortality rate of 75.7 deaths/million. Mortality rates were highest among males, whites, and those aged 85 and older. Three industry categories with potential occupational exposures recognized as risk factors for IPF were identified: "Wood buildings and mobile homes" (PMR 4.5, MOR 5.3), "Metal mining" (PMR 2.4, MOR 2.2) and "Fabricated structural metal products" (PMR 1.9, MOR 1.7). Workers in these industry categories may benefit from toxicological studies and improved surveillance for this disease. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; mortality; occupation disease relation; pulmonary fibrosis; risk factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
case-control study; statistical evaluation; metal mining; woodworking industry; metalworking industry; construction industry; frequency rates |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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