| Document ID (ISN) | 57230 |
| CIS number |
92-289 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1990 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Loomis D.P., Savitz D.A. |
| Title |
Mortality from brain cancer and leukaemia among electrical workers |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1990, Vol.47, No.9, p.633-638. 28 ref. |
| Abstract |
The relation of brain cancer and mortality from leukaemia to electrical occupations was investigated in a case-control study based on all deaths in 1985 and 1986 in the 16 states in the United States that report occupational data from death certificates to the national vital statistics registry. The case series comprised all 2173 men who died of primary brain cancer and all 3400 who died of leukaemia. The excess of deaths from brain cancer was concentrated among men aged 65 or older, whereas leukaemia was associated with electrical work only among younger decedents and those with acute lymphocytic leukaemia. These results from a large and geographically diverse population corroborate reports of increased mortality from brain cancer among electrical workers, but give only limited support to suggestions of excess deaths from leukaemia. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
leukaemia; electromagnetic radiation; work on electrical equipment; brain cancer; mortality |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; occupation disease relation; comparative study; statistical aspects; age-linked differences |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Radiation
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Leukaemia
Electricity
Diseases of the nervous system
|
