| Document ID (ISN) | 42952 |
| CIS number |
84-1969 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0355-3140 - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health |
| Year |
1983 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Riboli E., Bai E., Berrino F., Merisi A. |
| Title |
Mortality from lung cancer in an acetylene and phthalic anhydride plant - A case-referent study |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 1983, Vol.9, No.6, p.455-462. 21 ref. |
| Abstract |
A case-referent study was used to determine if exposure to carcinogens, including soot and phthalates, was a cause of excess deaths due to lung cancer in workers in an acetylene and phthalic anhydride plant. A local register of deaths was the source of 43 cases of males who had died from lung cancer between 1976 and 1979 and of a sample of referents who had died from other causes in the same period. Information for a complete occupational history and on smoking habits was collected in interviews with next of kin for each study subject. After control for age and smoking the risk of dying from lung cancer for subjects employed at the plant, relative to those never occupationally exposed, was 5.6. The risk for exposure to lung carcinogens in work environments other than the plant was 1.7. Occupational exposure to chemical carcinogens accounted for one-third of the total number of lung cancer deaths in the area during the study period. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
carcinogens; phthalates; soot; lung cancer; mortality |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
chemical industry; comparative study; phthalic anhydride; acetylene |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Esters and salts
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Phthalates
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