Uranium Mining and Lung Cancer Among Navajo Men in New Mexico and Arizona, 1969 to 1993

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• Personal Author:
  Gilliland FD ; Hunt WC ; Key CR ; Pardilla M
• Description:
  Navajo men who were underground miners have excess risk of lung cancer. To further characterize the long-term consequences of uranium mining in this high-risk population, we examined lung cancer incidence among Navajo men residing in New Mexico and Arizona from 1969 to 1993 and conducted a population-based case-control study to estimate the risk of lung cancer for Navajo uranium miners. Uranium mining contributed substantially to lung cancer among Navajo men over the 25-year period following the end of mining for the Navajo Nation. Sixty-three (67%) of the 94-incident lung cancers among Navajo men occurred in former uranium miners. The relative risk for a history of mining was 28.6 (95% confidence interval, 13.2-61.7). Smoking did not account for the strong relationship between lung cancer and uranium mining. The Navajo experience with uranium mining is a unique example of exposure in a single occupation accounting for the majority of lung cancers in an entire population. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Lung Lung Diseases Mining Neoplasms Occupational Health Race Factors Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Sex Characteristics Uranium

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• Keywords:
  Demographic Characteristics Lung Cancer Miners Mining Industry Pulmonary System Disorders Racial Factors Respiratory System Disorders Sex Factors Underground Miners Underground Mining Uranium Compounds Uranium Miners Uranium Mining

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  278-283
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024725
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2000 Mar; 42(3):278-283
• Contact Point Address:
  Frank D. Gilliland, MD, PhD., Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, 1540 Alcazar St., CHP Suite 236, Los Angeles, CA 90033
• Email:
  gillilan@hsc.usc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Performing Organization:
  University of New Mexico, Department of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19940930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  19970929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1f4db291312c8f1221f21dab90db06f46c3c8dd8669f78a6b62894d1019f74a47464162f1c38b53576118336c740ad3cf45e9acca4509de71a0f6719687fe815
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196369/cdc_196369_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.80 MB ]