Lung cancer in mild steel welders

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• Personal Author:
  Beaumont J ; Elliot L ; Steenland, Kyle
• Description:
  A cohort mortality study was conducted among welders and nonwelders at three heavy equipment manufacturing facilities from 1950 through 1980. The welders at these facilities were exposed to little or no asbestos and they welded only mild steel. The mortality of the welders was compared to that of the United States population as well as to that of nonwelders at the same facilities. The exposed cohort was defined as hourly male workers who had worked either as production welders or as welder helpers for 2 or more years at any of three heavy equipment manufacturing facilities in Illinois. The data indicated that welding mild steel did not increase the rate of lung cancer in this cohort when welders were compared with nonwelders at the same facility. Nor was there any trend of increased risk with increased duration of exposure in this direct comparison. Both welders and nonwelders demonstrated an increase in lung cancer compared with the United States population, but these increases were not statistically significant. It was noted that both welders and nonwelders smoked more than the United States population. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Inhalation Exposure Lung Lung Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Smokers Tobacco Products Welding

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• Keywords:
  Airborne-particles Author Keywords: Lung Neoplasms Cigarette-smoking Inhalants Lung-cancer Lung-disease Occupations Respiratory-system-disorders Welding Welding-industry
• ISSN:
  0002-9262
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Illinois ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  220-229
• Volume:
  133
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00200280
• Citation:
  Am J Epidemiol 1991 Feb; 133(3):220-229
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Kyte Steenland, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, R-13, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Epidemiology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9c182d71c85b0fa4822ae29fc401a4497d98736bd5aa16190ea246fc7151b5671768e444083313ee8c030ecb1fd65d790130dfd202a6fe1604df4d5d15560195
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205049/cdc_205049_DS1.pdf
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