The mortality of lead smelter workers: an update

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• Personal Author:
  Landrigan, Philip J. ; Selevan S ; Steenland, Kyle ; Landrigan, Philip J. ; Selevan S ; Steenland, Kyle
• Description:
  A followup study was conducted on the mortality rates of a group of lead (7439921) smelter workers which had been studied from 1977 through 1988. The average airborne lead concentration to which these workers had been exposed was 3.1mg/m3 and the blood levels averaged 56.3 micrograms/100 milliliters in 1976. Arsenic (7440382) exposures in this cohort were relatively low. An excess amount of kidney cancer was identified in the group, particularly at the higher exposure levels. A previously elevated rate of chronic renal disease was lessened somewhat in this followup period. Deaths from accidents and nonmalignant respiratory disease were significantly increased. When comparing the findings based on length of exposure, chronic renal disease was elevated among those with the longest exposure histories. No specific trend was noted for kidney cancer with regard either to duration of exposure or time since first exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Kidney Diseases Lead Lead Poisoning Metals Metal Workers Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System

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• Keywords:
  Cancer-rates Kidney-disorders Kidney-tumors Lead-poisoning Metal-dusts Mortality-data NIOSH-Author Occupational-exposure Respiratory-system-disorders Smelters
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  82
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00212101
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 1992 Dec; 82(12):1641-1644
• Contact Point Address:
  Kyle Steenland, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R13, 4676 Columbia Pkwy, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• CAS Registry Number:
  Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ea595567ca7a7d6a3fc6e9b73e24ae57ba83e625c9c082ba6f1b3f5a6c98827ce1ebb7f2cf6d498649ce196f5ae91620b0218267a50651a66a20401b60763775
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205745/cdc_205745_DS1.pdf
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