A proportionate mortality study of an oil, chemical and atomic workers local in Texas City, Texas.

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• Personal Author:
  Itaya S ; Kelly VF ; Reeve, Gordon R. ; Thomas TL ; Waxweiler, Richard J. ; Itaya S ; Kelly VF ; Reeve, Gordon R. ; Thomas TL ; Waxweiler, Richard J.
• Description:
  A proportionate mortality study of brain or other cancers in Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers (OCAW) in Texas was conducted. A proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) of deceased members of OCAW was made from OCAW record systems of 264 White union members who died after 1947. The PMR for all cancer was slightly elevated at 1.18 and a PMR of 7.88 was seen for skin cancer. Deaths due to skin, brain, liver and kidney cancer at one refinery and hematopoietic and lymphatic cancer at another refinery exceeded normal values. The authors conclude that the relative excess in melanoma deaths appears to represent an occupationally related health problem. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  ANYAAD Biostatistics Cancer-rate Cancer-rates Health-surveys Industrial-chemicals Mortality-rates NIOSH-Author
• ISBN:
  9780897661522
• ISSN:
  0077-8923
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  54-61
• Volume:
  381
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00126053
• Citation:
  Ann NY Acad Sci 1982 Apr; 381(1):54-61
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e1a7d8b48eadcc60eeaec5401ea06565d20f3f150074368dc1b80971648f2d0a2b9d166d2f6148407be90cf704d104c4b3fd4eec7f84847d3e5d0af14b060b0d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184579/cdc_184579_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 384.91 KB ]