A retrospective mortality study of substituted anthraquinone dyestuffs workers
ABSTRACT Because short-term bacterial tests have previously shown that about one-third of substituted anthraquinones tested are capable of causing reverse mutation, and two-year feeding studies of three such dyestuffs in rats have shown an excess of hepatocellular carcinomas, a retrospective cohort...
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Published in | British Journal of Industrial Medicine Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 355 - 360 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
01.11.1982
British Medical Association BMJ Publishing Group LTD |
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Summary: | ABSTRACT Because short-term bacterial tests have previously shown that about one-third of substituted anthraquinones tested are capable of causing reverse mutation, and two-year feeding studies of three such dyestuffs in rats have shown an excess of hepatocellular carcinomas, a retrospective cohort mortality study was carried out on a population of 1975 male workers employed in a dyestuffs manufacturing plant in Scotland. The population was identified as having worked for more than six months within the factory during the decade 1 January 1956-31 December 1965, and their mortality experience was followed up to 30 June 1980. Age-standardised mortality rates did not show any excess in total or cancer-related mortality. |
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Bibliography: | local:oemed;39/4/355 istex:28594BB017A6FEA7530734FB26A9492652B7C54B href:oemed-39-355.pdf PMID:7138794 ark:/67375/NVC-HVZB1V0M-7 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0007-1072 1351-0711 1470-7926 |
DOI: | 10.1136/oem.39.4.355 |