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Dry Cleaners Workers Exposed to Perchloroethylene: A Retrospective Cohort Mortality Study.

PB81231367

Publication Date	1980
Personal Author	Kaplan, S. D.
Page Count	36
Abstract	Cancer mortality rates among 1,597 persons employed in dry cleaning establishments and exposed to perchloroethylene (127184) (PCE) were studied. The cohort was selected from union records and vital status was determined through federal and local records. Of the 1,597 cohort members 1,058 were alive, 285 were dead and 252 had unknown vital status. Eleven deaths due to cancer of the colon were observed. Excess death rates also occurred for cancers of the pancreas and urinary tract, and hematologic diseases. The author recommends that this cohort be reevaluated again after several years in order to establish the relationship between PCE exposure and cancer of the colon.
Keywords	Hazardous materials Environmental surveys Exposure Toxicity Dry cleaning Chlorine organic compounds Air pollution Ethylene/chloro Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Indoor air pollution Cancer Cas 127-18-4
Source Agency	Centers for Disease Control Bureau of Laboratories National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	SRI International, Menlo Park, CA.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198124
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-210-77-0094

Dry Cleaners Workers Exposed to Perchloroethylene: A Retrospective Cohort Mortality Study.

Dry Cleaners Workers Exposed to Perchloroethylene: A Retrospective Cohort Mortality Study.
PB81231367

Publication Date	1980
Personal Author	Kaplan, S. D.
Page Count	36
Abstract	Cancer mortality rates among 1,597 persons employed in dry cleaning establishments and exposed to perchloroethylene (127184) (PCE) were studied. The cohort was selected from union records and vital status was determined through federal and local records. Of the 1,597 cohort members 1,058 were alive, 285 were dead and 252 had unknown vital status. Eleven deaths due to cancer of the colon were observed. Excess death rates also occurred for cancers of the pancreas and urinary tract, and hematologic diseases. The author recommends that this cohort be reevaluated again after several years in order to establish the relationship between PCE exposure and cancer of the colon.
Keywords	Hazardous materials Environmental surveys Exposure Toxicity Dry cleaning Chlorine organic compounds Air pollution Ethylene/chloro Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Indoor air pollution Cancer Cas 127-18-4
Source Agency	Centers for Disease Control Bureau of Laboratories National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	SRI International, Menlo Park, CA.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198124
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-210-77-0094