1. Mortality among rubber chemical manufacturing workers
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Alberto Salvan, Mary M. Prince, Avima M. Ruder, Elizabeth M. Ward, and Dennis R. Roberts
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Gerontology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Population ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Retrospective cohort study ,humanities ,Occupational medicine ,symbols.namesake ,Standardized mortality ratio ,Life table ,Environmental health ,Cohort ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,symbols ,cardiovascular diseases ,Poisson regression ,business ,education - Abstract
Background A retrospective cohort mortality study evaluated ischemic heart disease (IHD) among workers in the “rubber chemicals” manufacturing department of a Western New York plant. A previous study at the plant found elevated chest pain and angina among workers in this department. Methods Mortality experience of workers employed from 1946–1988 was followed through December 31, 1994. Mortality was compared to U.S. population rates and to local Niagara county rates by using the NIOSH life table analysis system. Poisson regression was used to examine patterns of IHD within the cohort. Results The standardized mortality ratio (SMR) for IHD among workers in the rubber chemicals department was 1.51 (U.S. rates) and 1.19 (Niagara county rates). Increased mortality from IHD in the rubber chemicals department was most pronounced at younger ages (
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- 2000
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