| Document ID (ISN) | 38928 |
| CIS number |
83-159 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1982 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
McMichael A.J., Johnson H.M. |
| Title |
Long-term mortality profile of heavily-exposed lead smelter workers |
| Bibliographic information |
May 1982, Vol.22, No.5, p.375-378. 8 ref. |
| Abstract |
Report on a follow-up study of 241 male lead smelter workers who had, during the period 1928-1959, been diagnosed as having lead poisoning. The cause-of-death profile of the 140 known to have subsequently died was compared with that of 695 other males from the same smelter plant who had died (mainly production workers) and with that of the Australian male population. Age-standardised proportional mortality analysis shows a substantial excess in the number of deaths from chronic renal disease and cerebral haemorrhage, particularly prior to 1965. A moderate excess was also apparent for the other smelter workers. In recent years, the mortality excesses in lead-exposed workers have largely dissipated. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
lead; lead industry; smelting plants; mortality |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
cerebral haemorrhage; chronic poisoning; long-term study; renal diseases |
| 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
Smelting and refining operations
Lead and compounds
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