Respiratory disease mortality among uranium miners.

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• Personal Author:
  Archer VE ; Gillam JD ; Wagoner, Joseph K.
• Description:
  Mortality analysis on a group of White and one of American Indian uranium miners shows a significant excess of respiratory cancer among Indians. Non-malignant respiratory disease deaths among the Whites are considered due to diffuse parenchymal radiation damage leading to cancer. Exposure-response curves for nonsmokers are linear for both respiratory cancer and other respiratory disease. Cigarette smoking elevates and distorts that curve. Light cigarette smokers appear to be most vulnerable to lung parenchymal damage. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Lung Lung Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Health Radiation Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Smokers
• Keywords:
  Lung-cancer; Respiratory-system-disorders; Radiation-hazards; Smoking
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00046999
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1975 Apr; :1-19
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, Salt Lake City, Utah, 19 pages, 9 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241795/cdc_241795_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]