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Mortality among United States aerospace materials manufacturing workers.
- Source :
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American journal of industrial medicine [Am J Ind Med] 2019 Mar; Vol. 62 (3), pp. 192-204. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jan 24. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Objectives: To evaluate long-term mortality rates among aerospace material manufacturing workers as follow-up to an earlier observed excess of nephritis/nephrosis.<br />Methods: Subjects were 2020 workers ever employed in the facility during 1963-2014. Vital status through 2014 was determined for all subjects and cause of death for 99.2% of 492 deaths. We computed standard mortality ratios (SMR) and internal relative risks.<br />Results: SMRs for nephritis/nephrosis were unremarkable. We observed statistically significant elevated SMRs for kidney cancer among all workers and for the category "other lymphatic hematopoietic tissue cancer" (4/5 deaths from multiple myeloma) among long-term workers with potential plant exposure.<br />Conclusions: We found no evidence of elevated mortality rates for nephritis/nephrosis. Study limitations precluded robust evaluation of whether the elevated rates for kidney cancer and other lymphatic hematopoietic tissue cancer were related to occupational factors at the study site. Our findings for these two cancers warrant continued mortality follow-up.<br /> (© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
- Subjects :
- Adhesives
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aviation
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Maryland epidemiology
Middle Aged
Nephritis mortality
Nephrosis mortality
United States epidemiology
Cause of Death
Kidney Neoplasms mortality
Manufacturing Industry statistics & numerical data
Multiple Myeloma mortality
Occupational Diseases mortality
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1097-0274
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of industrial medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30676651
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22943