| Document ID (ISN) | 28964 |
| CIS number |
78-481 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1977 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Pasternack B.S., Shore R.E., Albert R.E. |
| Title |
Occupational exposure to chloromethyl ethers - A retrospective cohort mortality study (1948-1972). |
| Bibliographic information |
Nov. 1977, Vol.19, No.11, p.741-746. 25 ref. |
| Abstract |
This epidemiological study evaluated carcinogenicity of the chloromethyl ethers (CME) in 1,827 CME-exposed workers and 8,870 controls on an industry-wide basis (6 of 7 U.S. CME producers). There were no differences in non-cancer death rates. An increased risk of respiratory cancer death in CME-exposed workers was found in only one firm, where exposures were high. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
chemical industry; bis(chloromethyl) ether; mortality; chloromethyl methyl ether |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
carcinogens; USA; bronchial cancer; comparative study; epidemiologic study; neoplasms; lung cancer |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Ethers
Chemical industry
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