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Document ID (ISN)46152
CIS number 86-1012
ISBN(s) 91-7464-265-0
Year 1985
Convention or series no. Arbete och Hälsa 1985:22
Author(s) Gustavsson P., Hogstedt C., Jonsson U.
Title Impact on health of the exposure of capacitor manufacturing workers to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) - an epidemiological and medical investigation
Original title Hälsoeffekter av yrkesmässig exponering för polyklorerade bifenyler (PCB) bland kondensatorarbetare - epidemiologisk och medicinsk undersökning [in Swedish]
Bibliographic information Arbetarskyddsstyrelsen, Publikationsservice, 171 84 Solna, Sweden, 1985. 21p. Illus. 32 ref.
Abstract A cohort study of 142 male Swedish capacitor manufacturing workers. Twenty-three deaths and 7 cancers were noted. These numbers would be expected for the general population. Although one person had 2 rare tumours (a semi-malignant mesenchymal tumour and a malignant lymphoma) and the follow-up period was short, the results do not suggest that PCB exposure presents a high risk of cancer under the conditions of this factory. Annual medical examinations of some of the cohort revealed no abnormal results attributable to PCB exposure.
Descriptors (primary) polychlorinated biphenyls; neoplasms; frequency rates; electronics industry
Descriptors (secondary) epidemiologic study; Sweden
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Manufacturing of electrical appliances and equipment
Halogenated hydrocarbons
Electronics industry