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ID (ISN) del documento58791
Número CIS 92-1564
ISSN - Título de la serie 0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Año 1992
Número de serie
Autor(es) Schnatter A.R., Thériault G., Karz A.M., Thompson F.S., Donaleski D., Murray N.
Título A retrospective mortality study within operating segments of a petroleum company
Información bibliográfica Aug. 1992, Vol.22, No.2, p.209-229. Illus. Bibl.ref. Appendix.
Resumen This retrospective mortality study was conducted among 34,597 oil industry workers in diverse operating segments. Employees were traced through Statistics Canada, and overall mortality (SMR = 0.85) was lower than general population rates and similar to other petrochemical cohorts. The most notable finding was a significant excess of malignant melanoma which concentrated among upstream workers and was directly related to employment duration and latency. Marketing/transportation workers showed a non-significant excess of multiple myeloma (SMR = 1.81), which was also related to employment duration, latency, and commencement of employment before 1950. Lymphatic cancer, skin cancer, and kidney cancer mortality was not elevated in refinery workers, a finding at odds with some previous refinery worker studies.
Descriptores (primarios) mortalidad; valoración de la exposición; tumores; refino del petróleo; extracción de petróleo y gas natural
Descriptores (secundarios) melanoma; Canadá; radiación ultravioleta; hidrocarburos del petróleo; linfoma; duración de la exposición; cáncer renal; cáncer de piel; combustible de motor; encuesta epidemiológica; mujeres; mieloma
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
País / Estado o ProvinciaCanadá
Tema(s) Química, hidrocarburos,plásticos, caucho
Broad subject area(s) Medicina del trabajo, epidemiología
Navegación por categoria(s) Exposure evaluation
Petrochemical industry
Petroleum and natural gas industry