| Document ID (ISN) | 55677 |
| CIS number |
91-544 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1988 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Park R.M., Wegman D.H., Silverstein M.A., Maizlish N.A., Mirer F.E. |
| Title |
Causes of death among workers in a bearing manufacturing plant |
| Bibliographic information |
May 1988, Vol.13, No.5, p.569-580. Bibl.ref. |
| Abstract |
Recent studies identify digestive cancer excesses among workers exposed to cutting fluids, abrasive dusts, and oil smoke. Standardised proportional mortality and mortality odds ratio studies were carried out for a ball bearing plant. Cause of death and work histories were obtained for 702 of 768 hourly employees with 10 or more years' service who died between 1969-82. The major findings were significant excesses in proportional mortality ratios (PMR) from stomach cancer (PMR = 2.0) and rectal cancer (PMR = 3.1) among white men. There was a significant association between stomach cancer and precision grinding exposures, consisting primarily of direct contact with water-based cutting fluids and their aerosols. The pattern of stomach cancer is consistent with previous findings and suggests an association with the soluble oil cutting fluids. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
bearings; occupation disease relation; neoplasms; gastrointestinal cancer; cutting fluids; lung cancer |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
abrasives; forging; epidemiologic study; age; length of service |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Gastrointestinal diseases
|
