| Document ID (ISN) | 61854 |
| CIS number |
94-586 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1991 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Spirtas R., Stewart P.A., Lee J.S., Marano D.E., Forbes C.D., Grauman D.J., Pettigrew H.M., Blair A., Hoover R.N., Cohen J.L. |
| Title |
Retrospective cohort mortality study of workers at an aircraft maintenance facility. I - Epidemiological results. II - Exposures and their assessment |
| Bibliographic information |
Aug. 1991, Vol.48, No.8, p.515-530 (I), p.531-537 (II). 74+20 ref. |
| Abstract |
Article I presents the results of a retrospective cohort study of 14,457 workers at an aircraft maintenance facility in order to evaluate mortality associated with exposures (particularly, exposures to solvents with an emphasis on trichloroethylene) in the workplace. Though there were a few statistically significant SMRs for deaths due to certain cancers (particularly among women), as well as some significant deficits, the study showed no significant or persuasive association between exposure to trichloroethylene and any excess of cancer. Significant excesses of multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in white women could not be associated conclusively with any exposures either. Article II presents the methodologies used in standardizing job histories and assessing exposures in the cohort study. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
trichloroethylene; mortality; aircraft repair and maintenance; organic solvents; cancer; occupation disease relation |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; lymphoma; description of technique; epidemiology; cohort study; myeloma |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Transport and communications
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Halogenated hydrocarbons
Aerospace manufacturing and maintenance industry
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