Dry cleaners workers exposed to perchloroethylene: a retrospective cohort mortality study.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Kaplan SD
• Description:
  Cancer mortality rates among 1,597 persons employed in dry cleaning establishments and exposed to perchloroethylene (127184) (PCE) were studied. The cohort was selected from union records and vital status was determined through federal and local records. Of the 1,597 cohort members 1,058 were alive, 285 were dead and 254 had unknown vital status. Eleven deaths due to cancer of the colon were observed. Excess death rates also occurred for cancers of the pancreas and urinary tract, and hematologic diseases. The author recommends that this cohort be reevaluated again after several years in order to establish the relationship between PCE exposure and cancer of the colon.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Dust Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Health Radiography Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide

  More +
• Keywords:
  Cancer Chlorinated-ethylenes Cohort Studies Dry-cleaning-industry Gastrointestinal-system-disorders Health-survey Mortality-rates NIOSH-Contract Occupational-exposure
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-26
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00105856
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1980 Aug; :1-26
• CAS Registry Number:
  Tetrachloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5385538bb685192c15b246154feadcf80f841da36a84f8c18ebf1d2f14293ead119e8edb30d8ef934b1ccfafcb86ab8add7e7ff40020422ebdc5d6548d1c83df
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179009/cdc_179009_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.10 MB ]