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ID (ISN) del documento59003
Número CIS 92-1930
ISSN - Título de la serie 0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Año 1990
Número de serie
Autor(es) Rafnsson V., Gunnarsdóttir H.
Título Mortality study of fertiliser manufacturers in Iceland
Información bibliográfica Nov. 1990, Vol.47, No.11, p.721-725. 33 ref.
Resumen A retrospective cohort study was carried out on workers in a fertiliser plant to assess the risk of stomach and lung cancer. The cohort comprised 603 subjects and their death rates were compared with those of the general male population in Iceland. The study period was 1954 to 1985. The results do not provide evidence of an excess of deaths from stomach or lung cancer. Total mortality was lower than expected and even lower when the analysis was restricted to those who had worked at the plant for more than one year. Shiftwork operators had the highest SMRs for all cancers, however, with a reverse dose response according to duration of employment, indicating that this might be due to factors unrelated to manufacture of fertilisers. As examples of these factors life style and social class may be implicated, as well as possible selection of weaker subjects to do this assumed easy work.
Descriptores (primarios) Islandia; industria de abonos; cáncer gastrointestinal; cáncer de pulmón
Descriptores (secundarios) mortalidad; tumores; relación dosis-respuesta; encuesta epidemiológica
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
País / Estado o ProvinciaIslandia
Tema(s) Química, hidrocarburos,plásticos, caucho
Broad subject area(s) Industrias y ocupaciones
Navegación por categoria(s) Gastrointestinal diseases
Chemical industry
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)