| Document ID (ISN) | 66731 |
| CIS number |
96-609 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1995 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Goldsmith D.F., Beaumont J.J., Morrin L.A., Schenker M.B. |
| Title |
Respiratory cancer and other chronic disease mortality among silicotics in California |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 1995, Vol.28, No.4, p.459-467. 23 ref. |
| Internet access |
96-0609.pdf [in English]
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| Abstract |
Mortality risks were estimated for 590 silicotics claiming workers' compensation claims in California from 1946 to 1975. Findings confirmed that these claimants had an elevated risk for all causes of death, and for tuberculosis, non-malignant respiratory diseases, cancers of the trachea, bronchus and lung and malignancies of the large intestine. Mortality from heart diseases and cancers of the prostrate and lymphatic system was low. Data are tabulated for four industries: construction, mining and quarrying, metallurgy and foundries, and utilities and transportation. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
California; tuberculosis; silica; cancer; respiratory diseases; respirable dust; silicosis; mortality |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
tracheal cancer; bronchial cancer; lung cancer; gastrointestinal cancer; mining and quarrying; epidemiologic study; construction industry; ore reduction; transport |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Pneumoconioses
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