Mortality of metal miners - a retrospective cohort and case control study.

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• Personal Author:
  Costello J
• Description:
  A survey of mortality in metal miners was conducted. The cohort consisted of 12,258 non uranium miners who were previously examined by the United States Public Health Service as part of a survey of silicosis. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated by means of a life table procedure. To narrow the causative factors in cases in which statistically significant increases in SMRs were seen in the mortality study, 163 cases of cancer of the trachea, bronchus, and lung were matched one for one or two for one to workers who died from all causes except cancer of the trachea, bronchus, and lungs. The metal miners showed statistically significant increases in SMRs for all causes, respiratory cancer, nonmalignant respiratory disease, and accidents. Significant decreases in digestive cancer and hypertensive heart disease mortality occurred. Lead/zinc, mercury, and chrome miners showed significant increases in SMRs for lung cancer. This was confirmed by the case control study. The case control study indicated an increased risk for lung cancer in gold and silver miners. Smokers showed significant increases of SMRs for all causes, all cancers, diseases of the respiratory system, and accidents. In the case control study, smokers showed relative risks for lung cancer of 2.7 in the one for one and 2.2 in the two for one match. Nonsmokers showed significant decreases in SMRs for all causes, all cancers, and circulatory system disorders. Underground face workers had the greatest number of increased SMRs, followed by underground transportation workers, maintenance workers, miscellaneous workers, and surface workers. Airways obstruction as a causative factor in lung cancer showed an increased relative risk of 1.3 to 1.4. Exposure to diesel fumes had a relative lung cancer risk of 1.5 in the one for one, but not the two for one match. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Metals Mining Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Smoke Tobacco Products Vehicle Emissions

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• Keywords:
  Cancer-rates Diesel-exhausts Mine-workers Mining-industry Mortality-rates Mortality-surveys Risk-analysis Risk-factors Tobacco-smoke
• ISBN:
  9780250406104
• Publisher:
  Butterworth
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  227-240
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00168036
• Citation:
  Health issues related to metal and nonmetallic mining. Wagner WL, Rom WN, Merchant JA, eds. Boston, MA: Butterworth, 1983 Jan; :227-240
• Editor(s):
  Wagner WL; Rom WN; Merchant JA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Health issues related to metal and nonmetallic mining. Wagner WL, Rom WN, Merchant JA, eds. Boston, MA: Butterworth, 1983 Jan; . Proceedings of the Fourth Annual RMCOEH Occupational and Environmental Health Conference, April 7-9, 1982, Park City, Utah, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1dc99ee203824ae249e8f94d41fd31107c0a2c7752ca0346c578a8e08b3e2f3ce3421792e646ad20ccc15dc577bcabb9a0e1bd284f0ed41589797121372fecc5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185160/cdc_185160_DS1.pdf
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