Document ID (ISN) | 42211 |
CIS number |
84-1332 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
Year |
1983 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Sorahan T., Waterhouse J.A.H. |
Title |
Mortality study of nickel-cadmium battery workers by the method of regression models in life tables |
Bibliographic information |
Aug. 1983, Vol.40, No.3, p.293-300. Illus. 14 ref. |
Abstract |
Mortality was studied in 3,025 workers for 1946-81. Occupational histories were categorised into 8 jobs with high, 14 with moderate or slight, and 53 with minimal exposure to cadmium oxide. Criteria taken into account were duration of employment, sex, year and age at start of employment. An increased risk of mortality from cancer of the prostate had already been reported in 1967 and no new evidence of an association with cadmium oxide was found. There was some indication of an increased risk of mortality from cancers of the respiratory system for those first employed before 1940. |
Descriptors (primary) |
cadmium and compounds; battery and dry cell manufacture; mortality; cadmium oxide |
Descriptors (secondary) |
nickel; bronchial cancer; length of service; welding fumes; cadmium; epidemiologic study; carcinogenic effects; statistical evaluation; prostatic 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) |
Inorganic substances Manufacturing of electrical appliances and equipment Cadmium and compounds
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