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Study of Sheet Metal Workers.

PB83101220

Publication Date	1975
Personal Author	Cooper, W. C.; Black, R.; Popendorf, W.; Gaffey, W.
Page Count	42
Abstract	The health status of sheet metal workers (SIC-1711) was investigated in 50 sheet metal firms in California. Toxic exposure and mortality data was obtained from union records, interviews with workers, and environmental studies during sheet metal operations. The total population included 1,301 workers. Proportionate mortality was studied in 364 deaths that occurred in two cohorts of sheet metal workers from 1950 to 1970 and an additional 423 deaths identified from claims to a pension plan.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Metal working Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Mortality Respiratory diseases Morbidity Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Carcinogenesis
Source Agency	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	California Univ., Berkeley. School of Public Health.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198301
Contract Number	PHS-HSM-099-71-55

Study of Sheet Metal Workers.

Study of Sheet Metal Workers.
PB83101220

Publication Date	1975
Personal Author	Cooper, W. C.; Black, R.; Popendorf, W.; Gaffey, W.
Page Count	42
Abstract	The health status of sheet metal workers (SIC-1711) was investigated in 50 sheet metal firms in California. Toxic exposure and mortality data was obtained from union records, interviews with workers, and environmental studies during sheet metal operations. The total population included 1,301 workers. Proportionate mortality was studied in 364 deaths that occurred in two cohorts of sheet metal workers from 1950 to 1970 and an additional 423 deaths identified from claims to a pension plan.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Metal working Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Mortality Respiratory diseases Morbidity Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Carcinogenesis
Source Agency	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	California Univ., Berkeley. School of Public Health.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198301
Contract Number	PHS-HSM-099-71-55