Vinyl chloride and mortality?

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• Personal Author:
  Infante PF ; Saracci R ; Wagoner, Joseph K.
• Description:
  A brief communication questions a study made at British Petroleum which found no excess of cancer mortality in vinyl-chloride (75014) workers with at least 15 years exposure. A misallocation was made of person-years at risk with resultant erroneous conclusions. Standardization of data-handling techniques for cohort mortality studies is suggestion. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Hydrocarbons Mortality Occupational Health Safety Vinyl Chloride
• Keywords:
  Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Mortality-data NIOSH-Author Polyvinyl-chloride Statistical-analysis Toxicity Vinyl-plastics
• ISSN:
  0140-6736
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  194-195
• Volume:
  308
• Issue:
  7978
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00054818
• Citation:
  Lancet 1976 Jul; 308(7978):194-195
• CAS Registry Number:
  Vinyl chloride (CAS RN 75-01-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  The Lancet
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0ac5338cb1b2ae046333cfee76dc9c7db7f58fe71367228dba358712b372c228dd9a3b4d40000396520ef4c1a8147a717239a5308b1ec092b2757649f195d01c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184091/cdc_184091_DS1.pdf
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