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Document ID (ISN)56695
CIS number 91-1566
ISBN(s) 91-7045-000-5
Year 1988
Convention or series no. Arbete och hälsa 1988:22
Author(s) Gustavsson P., Reuterwall C.
Title Mortality and cancer incidence among gas workers
Original title Dödsorsaker och cancersjuklighet bland gasverksarbetare [in Swedish]
Bibliographic information Arbetsmiljöinstitutet, Förlagstjänst, 171 84 Solna, Sweden, 1988. 34p. Illus. 4 ref.
Abstract The mortality and incidence of cancer was studied among 295 gas production workers. All men employed for at least one year between 1965 and 1972 were included in the study. The mortality was studied from 1966 to 1986 and cancer incidence from 1966 to 1983. Expected numbers of deaths were based on the mortality among occupationally active men in Stockholm, and the expected numbers of cancers were based on national statistics. There was an excess of deaths from circulatory diseases, mainly ischaemic heart disease, that increased after long follow-up. The excess does not seem to be caused by tobacco smoking habits, which were investigated for a subset of the cohort. Two cases of cancer in the nasal cavity and sinuses were found, which is a very uncommon tumour form. No excess of lung cancer was found. There was a tendency towards increased mortality in non-malignant respiratory diseases. The results are similar to those from a Swedish coke oven plant.
Descriptors (primary) coronary diseases; Sweden; nasal cancer; neoplasms; mortality; gas industry; morbidity
Descriptors (secondary) town gas; report; cardiovascular diseases; respiratory diseases; smoking
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceSweden
Subject(s) Chemicals, plastics and rubber
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Cardiovascular diseases
Power generation and distribution
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)