| Document ID (ISN) | 73979 |
| CIS number |
99-1965 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
1998 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Romundstad P.R., Rønneberg A., Leira H.L., Bye T. |
| Title |
Health survey of former workers in a Norwegian coke plant. Part 1: Estimation of historical exposures. Part 2: Cancer incidence and cause specific mortality |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1998, Vol.55, No.9, p.616-621, 622-626. Bibl.ref. |
| Abstract |
Analysis of industrial hygiene data at a coke plant in Norway showed that the exposures of greatest concern were to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), carbonaceous particulates and carbon monoxide. Exposure to PAHs was highest for those who worked at the top of the ovens before 1976, when exposure control measures were introduced. There was a significant excess of stomach cancer among these workers, and mortality from ischaemic heart disease and sudden death was positively associated with work in areas which entailed peak exposures to carbon monoxide. Topics: airborne dust; aromatic hydrocarbons; cancer; quartz; carbon monoxide; benzene; cohort study; coke ovens; coking plants; coronary diseases; exposure evaluation; gastrointestinal cancer; job-exposure relation; mortality; polycyclic hydrocarbons; sudden death syndrome. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
aromatic hydrocarbons; mortality; coking plants; polycyclic hydrocarbons; cancer |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
airborne dust; coronary diseases; carbon monoxide; benzene; quartz; job-exposure relation; gastrointestinal cancer; coke ovens; exposure evaluation; cohort study; sudden death syndrome |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Norway |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Chemical industry
Polycyclic hydrocarbons
Aromatic hydrocarbons
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