Document ID (ISN) | 74329 |
CIS number |
00-111 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Year |
1998 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Weiland S.K., Chambless L., Werner B., Mundt K.A., Bucher A., Birk T., Keil U. |
Title |
Workplace risk factors for cancer in the German rubber industry: Part 1 - Mortality from respiratory cancers; Part 2 - Mortality from non-respiratory cancers |
Bibliographic information |
May 1998, Vol.55, No.5, p.317-332. Illus. 94 ref. |
Abstract |
A cohort of active and retired male workers in the German rubber industry was followed for mortality from 1981 to 1991. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated for six work areas. SMRs for laryngeal cancer were highest in the material preparation area and were significant among workers employed for more than ten years in this area. Increased mortality rates from lung cancer were identified in three work areas and mortality from pleural cancer was increased in all six areas. Exposure to asbestos is one risk factor for the excess deaths from lung cancer. Mortality from several non-respiratory cancers was also increased in several work areas. |
Descriptors (primary) |
rubber industry; cancer; occupation disease relation |
Descriptors (secondary) |
leukaemia; oesophageal carcinoma; asbestos; laryngeal cancer; mortality; bladder tumour; length of exposure; lung cancer; gastrointestinal cancer; prostatic cancer; cohort study; risk factors; pharyngeal cancer |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Germany; USA |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Rubber industry
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