Mortality Among Production Workers in Pulp and Paper Mills

A cohort of 3 572 pulp and paper mill workers employed for at least one year between 1945 and 1955 was followed through 31 March 1977. Vital status was determined for 99 % of the cohort. The 915 deaths observed were 79 % of the number expected on the basis of comparable United States mortality rates...

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Published inScandinavian Journal of Work, Environment ＆ Health Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. 552 - 560
Main Authors Robinson, Cynthia F, Waxweiler, Richard J, Fowler, Douglas P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Finland Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment ＆ Health 01.12.1986
National Board of Occupational Safety and Health
The Working Environment Fund
Swedish Medical Society, Section for Environmental Health
Work Research Institutes
Institute of Occupational Health
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Chronic Disease
Coronary Disease - mortality
Death
Diffuse lymphoma
Hematologic Diseases - mortality
Humans
Large cell lymphoma
Middle Aged
Mortality
Neoplasms - mortality
Occupational Diseases - mortality
Paper mills
Pulp and paper industry
Pulp mills
Retrospective Studies
Stomach cancer
Sulfates
Sulfites
United States
United States
USA
wood dust
lymphosarcoma
stomach cancer
occupational health
pentachlorophenol
Formaldehyde
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Summary:A cohort of 3 572 pulp and paper mill workers employed for at least one year between 1945 and 1955 was followed through 31 March 1977. Vital status was determined for 99 % of the cohort. The 915 deaths observed were 79 % of the number expected on the basis of comparable United States mortality rates. Statistically nonsignificant excesses of deaths due to lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma and to stomach cancer were observed. These findings tend to corroborate reports based on state vital statistics, and preliminary case-referent and populationbased studies of workers in the pulp or paper industries. No deaths due to nasal cancer were observed, but only 0.6 were expected. When process-specific analyses were conducted, the excess risk of lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma was increased only for men who worked in sulfate mills. The excess risk of stomach cancer was limited to men who worked in sulfite mills. Process-specific standardized mortality ratios for these causes were highest after 20 years since first employment in the mills.
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ISSN:0355-3140
1795-990X
DOI:10.5271/sjweh.2101