| Document ID (ISN) | 50350 |
| CIS number |
88-1695 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1987 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Mur J.M., Meyer-Bisch C., Pham Q.T., Massin N., Moulin J.J., Cavelier C., Sadoul P. |
| Title |
Risk of lung cancer among iron ore miners: A proportional mortality study of 1,075 deceased miners in Lorraine, France |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1987, Vol.29, No.9, p.762-768. 39 ref. |
| Abstract |
A study of 1,075 iron ore miners in Lorraine, France, who died between 1960 and 1976 showed a significant excess of lung cancer mortality. Moreover, proportionate lung cancer mortality increased with the duration of work underground (proportionate mortality ratio = 4.24 for subjects who worked underground for more than 30 years) and was higher among pneumoconiotic (siderotic) miners than among nonpneumoconiotic miners. These results were confirmed by a case-control study nested in the mortality study. Smoking habits could not be estimated retrospectively with sufficient accuracy to be taken into account. Occupational factors may also play a role; radiation exposure can be ruled out, but dust exposure may be considered as an aetiologic factor owing to the relation between siderosis and lung cancer. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
iron ore mining; France; exposure evaluation; lung cancer; hazard evaluation; mortality |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
smoking; statistical aspects; epidemiologic study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
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| Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying
Risk evaluation
Exposure evaluation
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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