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CISDOC database
Document ID (ISN) | 56739 |
CIS number |
91-1554 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0003-9896 - Archives of Environmental Health |
Year |
1990 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Cantor K.P., Booze C.F. |
Title |
Mortality among aerial pesticide applicators and flight instructors |
Bibliographic information |
Sep.-Oct. 1990, Vol.45, No.5, p.295-302. 22 ref. |
Abstract |
A cohort mortality study was conducted of male aerial pesticide applicators and flight instructors identified from computerised Federal Aviation Administration (USA) medical examination records for 1965-1979. Vital status of 9,677 applicators and 9,727 instructors was determined through January 1, 1980, and standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated. The overall SMR was 127 for applicators (699 deaths) and 93 for instructors (454 deaths). Fatalities from non motor-vehicle accidents, mostly aircraft crashes, were in notable excess (SMR = 1,168 among applicators, 630 among instructors), whereas deaths from most chronic diseases, including all cancer, was below expectation (e.g., for arteriosclerotic heart disease, SMR = 52 among applicators and 50 among instructors). The ability of the study to assess cancer risk among applicators was limited by a relatively brief follow-up period. However, 8 applicators (SMR = 171), but only 1 flight instructor (SMR = 24), died of leukaemia, and small, non significant risk elevations for some other cancer sites among applicators were observed and warrant continued follow-up. |
Descriptors (primary) |
mortality; aircraft pilots; crop protection; pesticides |
Descriptors (secondary) |
leukaemia; fatalities; epidemiologic study |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
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Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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Browse category(ies) |
Agricultural chemicals
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