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Document ID (ISN)37757
CIS number 82-1067
ISSN - Serial title 0147-6513 - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Year 1981
Convention or series no.
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
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Asbestos
Cement and concrete