Pattern and model makers, proportionate mortality 1972-1978.

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• Personal Author:
  McCammon, Charles S. ; Robinson C ; Waxweiler, Richard J.
• Description:
  Mortality patterns were investigated among White male workers in the pattern and model making industry (SIC-3944). Death certificates were obtained for 1257 members of the Pattern Makers League of North America who died between 1972 and 1978. Proportionate mortality ratios (PMRs) were calculated and compared to expected death rates for the United States White male population. PMRs among the study group were increased for colon cancer and for malignant and unspecified brain tumors. Wood shop workers also had increased death rates from leukemia. Nonsignificant increases in cancers of other sites also were identified. The authors conclude that pattern and model makers are at risk for brain and colon cancers, and wood shop workers are also at risk for leukemia. They recommend better work practices to reduce occupational exposures to dusts and chemicals found in the workplace. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Epidemiology Hematologic Diseases Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Particulate Matter Risk Assessment Safety Textile Industry Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Airborne-dusts Author Keywords: Pattern Maker Blood-disorders Brain Tumors Cancer Colon Cancer Garment-workers Metal Model Makers Mortality Mortality-rates NIOSH-Author Risk-analysis Wood Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• 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:
  159-165
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00118003
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1980 Mar; 1(2):159-165
• Contact Point Address:
  Cynthia Robinson, Biometry Section, IWSB, DSHEFS, NIOSH, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3944 - Games, toys, and children's vehicles - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9b0368f08001756bc3411b3ba127dfb9d8bb7376c50b21e5aef2d415591791f2738e9b15fec8d19e0f4232e667c5f69427b9e9370529898b15385882ba9c091d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184480/cdc_184480_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 368.36 KB ]