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ID (ISN) del documento55872
Número CIS 91-831
ISSN - Título de la serie 0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Año 1990
Número de serie
Autor(es) Kelman H.R., Kavaler F.
Título Mortality patterns of American merchant seamen 1973-1978
Información bibliográfica 1990, Vol.17, No.4, p.423-433. 11 ref.
Resumen Among 1,922 deaths in the American merchant marine population who were patients in the United States Public Health Service Hospital system in 1973-78, 46% were cancer associated. Eighteen percent of all deaths were due to heart disease. This pattern represented a reversal of the pattern found among patients of acute general care hospitals nationwide for the year 1975. The finding in this study of an excess of cancer-associated deaths, particularly respiratory cancer, could be indicative of an occupationally-associated risk. Data on the total population of merchant seamen at risk and of seamen deaths which may have occurred outside of the United States Public Health Service Hospital system are required to test more definitely the hypothesis of an occupational risk of cancer - especially lung cancer - among American merchant seamen.
Descriptores (primarios) mortalidad; tumores; transportes marítimos; valoración de la exposición
Descriptores (secundarios) substancias peligrosas; Estados Unidos; estudio comparado; enfermedades cardíacas; factores de riesgo; cáncer de pulmón
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
País / Estado o ProvinciaEstados Unidos
Tema(s) Patología profesional
Broad subject area(s) Medicina del trabajo, epidemiología
Navegación por categoria(s) Water transportation
Exposure evaluation