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Document ID (ISN)78713
CIS number 02-700
ISSN - Serial title 0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Year 2001
Convention or series no.
Author(s) van Wijngaarden E., Savitz D.A., Kleckner R.C., Kavet R., Loomis D.
Title Mortality patterns by occupation in a cohort of electrical utility workers
Bibliographic information Dec. 2001, Vol.40, No.6, p.667-673. 39 ref.
Abstract Mortality patterns were examined in a United States cohort of 138,905 male electric utility workers from five companies. Regression techniques were used to analyse total mortality, and mortalities from cardiovascular disease and cancer in relation to duration of employment in each of the 19 occupational categories of electrical utility operations. Relative to workers who were never involved in utility operations (e.g., administrative workers), mortality rate ratios among operations workers were higher for total mortality, mortality from cardiovascular disease, and total cancer mortality. Lung cancer risk was consistently elevated, whereas increased mortality for other cancers was less consistent. The results of this study indicate excess mortality risks among electric utility workers, which could be related to both occupational and non-occupational risk factors.
Descriptors (primary) electricity; risk factors; power generation and distribution; mortality
Descriptors (secondary) USA; lung cancer; cardiovascular diseases; cohort study; statistical evaluation; cancer
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Power generation and distribution
Electricity