Document ID (ISN) | 37757 |
CIS number |
82-1067 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0147-6513 - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety |
Year |
1981 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Clemmesen J., Hjalgrim-Jensen S. |
Title |
Cancer incidence among 5686 asbestos cement workers followed from 1943 through 1976 |
Bibliographic information |
1981, Vol.5, p.15-23. 9 ref. |
Abstract |
Medical data were obtained for 6732 men who began working at a Danish asbestos-cement factory in 1944-1976, including 5686 men exposed to asbestos (primarily chrysotile, some amosite but no crocidolite). The introduction of automation in 1970-1976 considerably reduced exposure levels. The observed/expected (O/E) ratios of cancer cases were calculated on a cohort basis for 5-year employment periods from age-adjusted rates for men in a Danish provincial town. The 0/E ratio for all cancers was not significantly increased. However, the asbestos-exposed men had significantly increased 0/E ratios for: lung (47/27.3), larynx and trachea (6/2.9), stomach (14/9.2) and prostate (14/7.7). |
Descriptors (primary) |
carcinogens; asbestos; neoplasms; respirable dust; asbestos cement industry; morbidity |
Descriptors (secondary) |
Denmark; chrysotile; laryngeal cancer; tracheal cancer; statistical evaluation; gastrointestinal cancer; prostatic cancer; survey; lung cancer |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
Asbestos Cement and concrete
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