Mortality patterns among Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant workers

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• Personal Author:
  Aldrich T ; Brion G ; Chan C ; Hornung, Richard W. ; Hughes TS ; Muldoon S ; Rice C ; Tollerud DJ
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To determine whether Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant workers had mortality patterns that differed from the general US population and to investigate whether mortality patterns were associated with job title or workplace exposures. METHODS: A retrospective occupational cohort mortality study was conducted on 6759 workers. Standardized mortality ratio analyses compared the cohort with the referent US population. Internal comparisons producing standardized rate ratios were conducted by job title, metal exposure, and cumulative internal and external radiation exposures. RESULTS: Overall mortality and cancer rates were lower than the referent population, reflecting a strong healthy worker effect. Individual not significant standardized mortality ratios and standardized rate ratios were noted for cancers of the lymphatic and hematopoietic tissue. CONCLUSIONS: Although relatively low exposures to radiation and metals did not produce statistically significant health effects, no significant elevations for lymphatic and hematopoietic cancers were consistent with previous studies of nuclear workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biological Factors Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Men Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Uranium Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Biohazards Biological-effects Biological-factors Biological-monitoring Cancer-rates Environmental-exposure Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Health-hazards Health-standards Industrial-factory-workers Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-exposure Region-4 Risk-analysis Statistical-analysis Uranium-compounds Work-analysis Work-areas Work-environment Work-operations Work-performance Worker-health Workers Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037805
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2010 Jul; 52(7):725-732
• Contact Point Address:
  Caroline Chan, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202
• Email:
  caroline.chan@louisville.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  University of Louisville
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:572c225047709ae37a252fb04cbcb0d3f048984c6f7b92c19d6d0884c64ee7f504da209a44d87301333431eab27f9f43c4d8ffb90befec5ba1decaef47ad5fb8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191765/cdc_191765_DS1.pdf
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