Cancer incidence among mild steel and stainless steel welders and other metal workers

The cancer incidence in a historical cohort of 10,059 metal workers employed during the period 1964–1984 was investigated. Standardized incidence ratios (SIR) were calculated based on registry extracts from the Danish Cancer registry. Lifetime exposure data (occupational and other) were obtained by...

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Published inAmerican journal of industrial medicine Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 373 - 382
Main Authors Hansen, Klaus S., Lauritsen, Jens M., Skytthe, A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.10.1996
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Summary:The cancer incidence in a historical cohort of 10,059 metal workers employed during the period 1964–1984 was investigated. Standardized incidence ratios (SIR) were calculated based on registry extracts from the Danish Cancer registry. Lifetime exposure data (occupational and other) were obtained by a postal questionnaire in living cohort members and interviews by proxy for deceased and emigrated subjects. The incidence of lung cancer was increased among workers ever “employed as welders” (SIR = 1.38, 95% C.I. 1.03–1.81). There was a significant excess risk of lung cancer among “mild steel (MS) only welders” (SIR = 1.61, 95% C.I. 1.07–2.33) and “nonwelders” (SIR = 1.69, 95% C.I. 1.23–2.26) (indicating carcinogenic exposures other than welding), a borderline significant lung cancer excess among “MS ever welders” (SIR = 1.32, 95% C.I. 0.97–1.76), and a nonsignificant excess risk of lung cancer among “stainless steel (SS) only welders” (SIR = 2.38, 95% C.I. 0.77–5.55). In spite of signs of inconsistency in the risk estimation by duration and latency, we find the results support the conclusions of other studies: employment as a welder is associated with an increased lung cancer risk. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Bibliography:Wedell-Wedelsborg Foundation
Danish Medical Research Council
Jacob Madsen Foundation
Danish Health Foundation
ArticleID:AJIM1
Danish Cancer Society
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ISSN:0271-3586
1097-0274
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199610)30:4<373::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-X