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Mortality pattern among pulp and paper mill workers in Sweden: a case-referent study
- Source :
- American journal of industrial medicine. 20(6)
- Publication Year :
- 1991
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Abstract
- The mortality pattern among Swedish pulp and paper mill workers was evaluated in a case-referent study encompassing 4,070 men decreased during the period 1950-1987. The subjects were identified from the register of deaths and burials in six parishes. A significantly increased mortality was seen for diabetes mellitus and for secondary tumors of the lung and liver among the pulp and paper mill workers. Indications of excess risks were also found for obstructive lung disorders, pulmonary emboli, accidents, and pneumonia, as well as for malignant lymphomas, leukemias, and cancer of the pancreas and stomach. In the only parish where a sulfite process was exclusively used, cancer of the digestive tract and especially of the rectum was found to be in excess. Except for this parish, the sulfate process predominated in the plants included. The mortality pattern found in this study is in reasonable agreement with findings in various studies from this type of industry.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Lung Diseases
Male
Paper
medicine.medical_specialty
Rectum
Lung Disorder
Risk Factors
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
Cause of Death
Neoplasms
Epidemiology
medicine
Diabetes Mellitus
Humans
Aged
Sweden
Lung
business.industry
Stomach
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Paper mill
Environmental Exposure
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Surgery
Occupational Diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
Case-Control Studies
business
Risk assessment
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02713586
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American journal of industrial medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1166e9c909b01cb0cb3368c48e86a45c