Mortality of Steelworkers Employed in Hot Jobs

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• Personal Author:
  Emes JJ ; Kamon E ; Magee PC ; Mazumdar S ; Redmond, Carol K.
• Description:
  The possible relationships between heat stress and cause-specific mortality patterns were analyzed in a cohort of 59,414 steelworkers employed in jobs which appeared to involve heat exposure. A deficit mortality from cardiovascular disease for workers in jobs involving higher levels of environmental heat exposure was determined. The high risk of death from cardiovascular disease for workers with less than 6 months of exposure and a downward trend in mortality for workers who remained on the job, are indicative of a possible relationship between inability to work in jobs involving heat stress and health. An increased risk of nonmalignant digestive disease mortality was recorded for the group of workers exposed to higher levels of environmental heat, especially after excluding liver cirrhosis. (Contract No. 099-74-0114) [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Digestive System Digestive System Diseases Epidemiology Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Liver Metals Metal Workers Mortality Occupational Health Safety

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• Keywords:
  Cardiovascular-system-disorders Contract-099-74-0114 Gastrointestinal-system-disorders Heat-stress Hot-environments Liver-disorders Mortality-data NIOSH-Contract Primary-metallurgical-processes Statistical-analysis Steelmaking-industry

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maine ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-132
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074608
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-274872
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 77-219, 1977 Aug; :1-132
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209310/cdc_209310_DS1.pdf
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