| Document ID (ISN) | 38681 |
| CIS number |
82-1959 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1982 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Sakurai H. |
| Title |
A morbidity study of viscose rayon workers exposed to carbon disulphide |
| Bibliographic information |
Feb. 1982, Vol.39, No.1, p.39-44. 22 ref. |
| Abstract |
Report on a comparative historical cohort study of morbidity in workers exposed to CS2 in a viscose rayon factory and in controls in a cotton mill in Japan between 1966 and 1970, using records of medical tratment. Period prevalence rates of cerebral vascular disease, ischaemic heart disease, hypertensive disease, diabetes mellitus, nephritis and nephrosis, mental disorders and neurological diseases were calculated. Renal disease and hypertension disease were significantly more prevalent in the rayon spinners and cutters with exposure histories of 10 years or more (i.e. the most highly exposed group) than in the workers with no exposure to CS2. When the group of workers with no CS2 was combined with that having negligible exposure and taken as a reference group, ischaemic heart disease was significantly more prevalent in the most highly exposed group than in the reference group. Ratios of period prevalence rates between these groups were 7.6 for nephritis and nephrosis, 2.3 for ischaemic heart disease, and 1.9 for hypertensive disease. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
viscose rayon industry; vascular diseases; morbidity; carbon disulfide |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
hypertension; renal diseases; comparative study; long-term study; cardiovascular disorders |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Cardiovascular diseases
Inorganic sulfur compounds
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