A cohort mortality study of painters and allied tradesmen.

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• Personal Author:
  Diamond EL ; Haring-Sweeney M ; Joffe RD ; Johnson ML ; Matanoski GM ; Mele LM ; Stockwell HG
• Description:
  A study of mortality among painters and allied tradesmen was conducted. The cohort consisted of 51,175 current and former members of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades from 1975 through 1979. The cohort included glaziers and tile and carpet layers as well as painters. Cohort deaths were identified through a search of the life insurance files of the union, and records of the Social Security Administration, the National Death Index, and the Health Care Financing Administration. A total of 5,313 deaths occurred and death certificates were obtained for 5,025 of these. Overall cohort mortality was 88 percent of that expected for US white males. The deficit was due primarily to low rates for all circulatory diseases, except rheumatic heart disease. The cohort was then subdivided by local affiliation as either painter or allied trade. Members of locals consisting primarily of painters had significantly elevated mortality from all malignant neoplasms, lung cancer, and stomach cancer. The mortality among allied trade locals was decreased except for mortality due to large intestinal and thyroid cancer. The authors suggest that painters and allied tradesmen have different mortality patterns, particularly for malignant neoplasms. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Exposure Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accidents Author Keywords: Lung Cancer Hazards Industrial-environment Industrial-exposures NIOSH-Author Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Painting Quantitative-analysis Safety-education Safety-monitoring Stomach Cancer Work-performance Workers

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• ISSN:
  0355-3140
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; 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:
  16-21
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00158087
• Citation:
  Scand J Work Environ Health 1986 Feb; 12(1):16-21
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr HG Stockwell, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 13301 N 30th Street, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Performing Organization:
  The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:305ecc56676f02826eca931d56b25683d33c88dff8c373ef5ab4264853d2fcfda542c9445789ca8521b5a60a6578ceacd20445d188554f831476d1318798e08b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184950/cdc_184950_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 3.43 MB ]