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Document ID (ISN)58685
CIS number 92-1595
ISSN - Serial title 0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Year 1991
Convention or series no.
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 ProvinceSweden
Subject(s) Paper-making and printing
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Metabolic diseases
Paper and paper products industry
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)