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Document ID (ISN)68038
CIS number 96-2110
ISSN - Serial title 0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Year 1993
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Danielsen T.E., Langård S., Andersen A., Knudsen Ø.
Title Incidence of cancer among welders of mild steel and other shipyard workers
Bibliographic information Dec. 1993, Vol.50, No.12, p.1097-1103. 24 ref.
Abstract The incidence of cancer among 4,571 shipyard workers with first employment between 1940 and 1979, including 623 welders of mild steel, was investigated in a historical cohort study. The loss to follow up was 1.1%. The total number of deaths was 1,078 (974.5 expected) and there were 408 cases of cancer v 361.3 expected. Sixty-five cases of lung cancer were found v 46.3 expected based on the national rates for males. Four pleural mesotheliomas had occurred (1.2 expected), none among the welders. An excess of lung cancers was found among the welders (nine cases v 3.6 expected). There were six cases of lung cancer v 1.6 expected in a high exposure group of 255 welders. A survey of the smoking habits as of 1984 indicated 10-20% more daily smokers among the shipyard production workers than among Norwegian males. Exposure to smoking and asbestos were confounding variables in this study.
Descriptors (primary) steels; shipyards; welding fumes; welding and cutting; carcinogenic effects; frequency rates; cancer
Descriptors (secondary) asbestos; smoking; mortality; long-term study; epidemiologic study; cohort study; lung cancer
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceNorway
Subject(s) Construction industry
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Shipbuliding and ship repair
Welding and cutting