Document ID (ISN) | 53410 |
CIS number |
90-484 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0355-3140 - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health |
Year |
1986 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Olsen J.H., Jensen O.M., Kampstrup O. |
Title |
Influence of smoking habits and place of residence on the risk of lung cancer among workers in one rock-wool producing plant in Denmark |
Bibliographic information |
1986, Vol.12, suppl.1, p.48-52. 9 ref. |
Abstract |
Cancer incidence was studied among 5,317 employees in a rock-wool production plant in Denmark. During the period 1943-1982 a marginally significant excess of 240 cancer cases was observed versus 211.0 cases expected. Among the subgroup of male workers an increasing risk with time since first employment was observed for cancer of the buccal cavity and pharynx, cancer of the respiratory system, and cancer of the bladder, of which only the excess of the former reached significance. The increased risk of lung cancer among male workers with 20yrs or more since first employment, which was not significant, could not be explained by deviations in local lung cancer incidence, place of residence among the rock-wool male workers, or smoking habits prevailing among unskilled workers in the eastern part of Denmark. |
Descriptors (primary) |
man-made fibres; smoking; non-metallic mineral products industries; mineral wool; lung cancer; morbidity |
Descriptors (secondary) |
mineral dust; Denmark; occupation disease relation; bladder tumour; pharyngeal cancer; neoplasms; respirable dust; age; epidemiologic study; length of exposure; bronchial cancer |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Smoking Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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