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Mortality of Steelworkers Employed in Hot Jobs.

PB274872

Publication Date	1977
Personal Author	Redmond, C. K.; Emes, J. J.; Mazumdar, S.; Magee, P. C.; Kamon, E.
Page Count	136
Abstract	The possible relationships between heat stress and cause-specific mortality patterns were analyzed in a cohort of 59,414 steelworkers employed in jobs involving heat exposure. A deficit mortality from cardiovascular disease for workers in jobs involving higher levels of environmental heat exposure was determined. The high risk of death for workers with less than 6 months of exposure and a downward trend in mortality for workers who remained on the job, are indicative of a possible relationship between inability to work in jobs involving heat stress and health. An increased risk of nonmalignant digestive disease mortality was recorded for the group of workers exposed to higher levels of environmental heat, especially after excluding liver cirrhosis. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)
Keywords	Mortality Heat stress Steel making Stress(Physiology) Industrial medicine Exposure Tables(Data) Standards Relationships Statistical analysis Cardiovascular diseases Environments Industrial atmospheres Death Gastrointestinal diseases Liver diseases Epidemiology Industrial hygiene Occupational safety and health Environmental health Health risks Threshold limit values Maximum permissible exposure level
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57W - Stress Physiology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Dept. of Biostatistics.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	197805
Contract Number	PHS-CDC-99-74-114

Mortality of Steelworkers Employed in Hot Jobs.

Mortality of Steelworkers Employed in Hot Jobs.
PB274872

Publication Date	1977
Personal Author	Redmond, C. K.; Emes, J. J.; Mazumdar, S.; Magee, P. C.; Kamon, E.
Page Count	136
Abstract	The possible relationships between heat stress and cause-specific mortality patterns were analyzed in a cohort of 59,414 steelworkers employed in jobs involving heat exposure. A deficit mortality from cardiovascular disease for workers in jobs involving higher levels of environmental heat exposure was determined. The high risk of death for workers with less than 6 months of exposure and a downward trend in mortality for workers who remained on the job, are indicative of a possible relationship between inability to work in jobs involving heat stress and health. An increased risk of nonmalignant digestive disease mortality was recorded for the group of workers exposed to higher levels of environmental heat, especially after excluding liver cirrhosis. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)
Keywords	Mortality Heat stress Steel making Stress(Physiology) Industrial medicine Exposure Tables(Data) Standards Relationships Statistical analysis Cardiovascular diseases Environments Industrial atmospheres Death Gastrointestinal diseases Liver diseases Epidemiology Industrial hygiene Occupational safety and health Environmental health Health risks Threshold limit values Maximum permissible exposure level
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57W - Stress Physiology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Dept. of Biostatistics.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	197805
Contract Number	PHS-CDC-99-74-114