Document ID (ISN) | 58685 |
CIS number |
92-1595 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
Year |
1991 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Wingren G., Persson B., Thorén K., Axelson O. |
Title |
Mortality pattern among pulp and paper mill workers in Sweden: A case-reference study |
Bibliographic information |
Dec. 1991, Vol.20, No.6, p.769-774. 23 ref. |
Abstract |
The mortality pattern among Swedish pulp and paper mill workers was evaluated in a case-referent study encompassing 4,070 men deceased during the period 1950-1987. The subjects were identified from the register of deaths and burials in six parishes. A significantly increased mortality was seen for diabetes mellitus and for secondary tumours of the lung and liver among the pulp and paper mill workers. Indications of excess risks were also found for obstructive lung disorders, pulmonary emboli, accidents, and pneumonia, as well as for malignant lymphomas, leukaemias, and cancer of the pancreas and stomach. In the only parish where a sulfite process was exclusively used, cancer of the digestive tract and especially of the rectum was found to be in excess. Except for this parish, the sulfate process predominated in the plants included. The mortality pattern found in this study is in reasonable agreement with findings in various studies from this type of industry. |
Descriptors (primary) |
diabetes mellitus; mortality; pulp and paper industry; lung cancer; liver cancer; lung diseases |
Descriptors (secondary) |
occupational accidents; obstructive ventilatory impairment; leukaemia; Sweden; lymphosarcoma; neoplasms; pneumonia; tumour of the pancreas; gastrointestinal cancer; epidemiologic study; occupation disease relation |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Sweden |
Subject(s) |
Paper-making and printing
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Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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Browse category(ies) |
Metabolic diseases Paper and paper products industry Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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