Choroidal melanoma in chemical workers: increased incidence of choroidal malignant melanoma occurring in a single population of chemical workers.

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• Personal Author:
  Albert DN ; Dryja TP ; Egan E ; Fulton AB ; Leffingwell, Sanford S. ; Puliafito CA ; Robinson N ; Smith AB ; Thompson F ; Zakov ZN
• Description:
  A cluster of eye cancers occurring among employees of the Dupont Belle, West Virginia plant in the Kanawha River Valley was brought to public attention by a laboratory worker at that plant who suspected that the overall occurrence of cancer among his fellow employees, in particular eye cancer, was excessively high. A report by company epidemiologists on cancer occurrence at that plant reported as well that a statistically significant excess number of cases of eye cancer (all histological types combined) and of kidney cancers had occurred among plant employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Eye Eye Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs Sense Organs / Injuries Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  Cancer; Cancer-rates; Eye-diseases; Kidney-tumors; Epidemiology
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• 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:
  1-36
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000696
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83183202
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1982 Jan; :1-36
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• 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:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243677/cdc_243677_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]