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Epidemiologic Analyses Performed for Rocky Flats Production Workers Employed Between 1952-1989.

PB2005101582

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Ruttenber, A. J.; Schonbeck, M.; Brown, S.; Wells, T.; McClure, D.; McCrea, J.; Popken, D.; Martyny, J.
Page Count	52
Abstract	The authors identified a cohort of 16,303 production era workers employed at the Rocky Flats Plant for six months or more between 1952 and 1989, for whom they assembled data on dates of birth and hire, and vital status. For this cohort, they corrected data for annual external penetrating radiation doses, assembled data for systemic deposition of plutonium-239 and -240 and, with a job exposure matrix, estimated exposures to asbestos and nine toxic chemicals. Standardized mortality rations (SMR's) for the production era cohort were significantly lower than expected for all causes of death and all deaths with cancer as an underlying cause. Elevated SMR's were noted for canceers of the stomach, rectum, brain and other central nervous system sites, connective and other soft tissue, as well as for unspecified neoplasms of the nervous system and unspecified anemias.
Keywords	Epidemiology Occupational exposure pathway Malignant neoplasms Mortality Carcinoma Historical aspects Plutonium isotopes Carcinogens Lymphoma Rocky Flats plant
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Corporate Authors	Colorado Univ., Fort Collins, Dept. of Preventinve Medicine and Biometrics.; Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment, Denver.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Denver, CO. Denver
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment, Denver. and National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Denver, CO. Denver Field Office.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200505

Epidemiologic Analyses Performed for Rocky Flats Production Workers Employed Between 1952-1989.

Epidemiologic Analyses Performed for Rocky Flats Production Workers Employed Between 1952-1989.
PB2005101582

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Ruttenber, A. J.; Schonbeck, M.; Brown, S.; Wells, T.; McClure, D.; McCrea, J.; Popken, D.; Martyny, J.
Page Count	52
Abstract	The authors identified a cohort of 16,303 production era workers employed at the Rocky Flats Plant for six months or more between 1952 and 1989, for whom they assembled data on dates of birth and hire, and vital status. For this cohort, they corrected data for annual external penetrating radiation doses, assembled data for systemic deposition of plutonium-239 and -240 and, with a job exposure matrix, estimated exposures to asbestos and nine toxic chemicals. Standardized mortality rations (SMR's) for the production era cohort were significantly lower than expected for all causes of death and all deaths with cancer as an underlying cause. Elevated SMR's were noted for canceers of the stomach, rectum, brain and other central nervous system sites, connective and other soft tissue, as well as for unspecified neoplasms of the nervous system and unspecified anemias.
Keywords	Epidemiology Occupational exposure pathway Malignant neoplasms Mortality Carcinoma Historical aspects Plutonium isotopes Carcinogens Lymphoma Rocky Flats plant
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Corporate Authors	Colorado Univ., Fort Collins, Dept. of Preventinve Medicine and Biometrics.; Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment, Denver.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Denver, CO. Denver
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment, Denver. and National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Denver, CO. Denver Field Office.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200505