Epidemiologic Study of Civilian Employees at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bierbaum, Phillip J. ; Cox, Clinton ; Landrigan, Philip J. ; Murray, William E. Jr. ; Rinsky RA ; Terpilak M ; Waxweiler, Richard J. ; Zumwalde, Ralph D.
• Description:
  Cancer mortality rates among workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (SIC-3731) in Kittery, Maine, were surveyed. Vital status was determined as of 1980 for a total of 24,545 workers employed at any time since 1952. The workers were grouped according to radiation exposure. Deaths from all causes were below expected rates, even when latency and duration of employment were considered. No excess death rates from cancer were found. The authors note that the negative results in this study may be due an insufficient latency period between the workers' exposure and the mortality determinations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Preceptorship Radiation Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-1; Radiation-exposure; Dose-response
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maine ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  1-91
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00111155
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-174152
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1980 Dec; :1-91
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3731 - Ship building and repairing - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio, 91 pages, 15 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3a4205415550341dfe8efe32a899277a940663c8b85ade7fdfaf4214b48696cae165ef48666432714ec2ff6119a982b5d8290d446d56561c7b68fae1fd689115
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234039/cdc_234039_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.85 MB ]