Mortality .and Cancer Experience of Quebec Aluminum Reduction Plant Workers, Part 2: Mortality of Three Cohorts Hired on or Before January 1, 1951.

The article discusses the study about mortality and cancer experience of Quebec aluminum reduction plant workers. In this study, the mortality of 5977 men hired at three plants on or before January 1, 1951 was compared with that of Quebec men and the relationships to benzo[a]pyrene, benzene-soluble material, and smoking were examined. The study has showed that significant causes of death were lung cancer, bladder cancer, chronic obstructive lung disease, cancers of the stomach, digestive system unspecified, rectum and rectosigmoid, pancreas, larynx, Alzheimer's disease, and cerebrovascular disease.