Update of cancer and non-cancer mortality in the Missouri poultry cohort

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• Personal Author:
  Bangara S ; Bankuru S ; Felini M ; Johnson ES ; Ndetan H ; Preacely N ; Sarda V ; Yau CL ; Zhou Y
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: workers in poultry slaughtering and processing plants have one of the highest human exposures to transmissible agents that cause cancer and other diseases in chickens and turkeys, and also have other occupational carcinogenic exposures. The general population is also exposed to these transmissible agents. METHODS: we investigated mortality in workers who belong to a poultry union in Missouri, and estimated standardized mortality ratios. RESULTS: significantly increased mortality was observed for some leukemias, benign neoplasms, thyroid diseases, bacterial infections, and schizophrenic disorders. The risk of breast cancer and several non-cancer conditions was significantly depressed. CONCLUSION: the findings add to the growing evidence suggesting that workers occupationally exposed to transmissible agents and carcinogens in the poultry industry, are at increased risk of dying from certain chronic diseases, including cancer. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Communicable Diseases Food-Processing Industry Food Industry Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Viral Diseases Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Oncogenic Viruses Cancer-rates Chickens Food-processing-industry Food-processing-workers Infectious-diseases Infectious Agents Mortality-rates Neurologic Diseases Occupational Mortality Oncogenic-agents Poultry-industry Poultry-workers Public-health Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Viral-diseases Viral-infections Work-environment Work-performance Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  49-54
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038143
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2011 Jan; 54(1):49-54
• Contact Point Address:
  E Johnson, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
• Email:
  ejohnson@hsc.unt.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Texas
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20080430
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:09a532a00961438088cb44bd288189452b9a01cce1775ad6affcf399d4629d336f87710defc8c3b37fa8a73a40c33d39291f84855d5fcc460ed8ef43b61623bf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191941/cdc_191941_DS1.pdf
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