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Petroleum Solvent Mortality Study of Oklahoma Dry Cleaners. Volume 2.

PB89129977

Publication Date	1988
Personal Author	Asal, N. R.; Coleman, R. L.; Petrone, R. L.; Owen, W.; Walsworth, S.
Page Count	180
Abstract	The association between exposures to the primary petroleum solvents used in commercial dry cleaning processes and various causes of death was investigated. Each commercial dry cleaning establishment in Oklahoma was classified according to the solvent or solvents in use from 1941 to 1983, based on data from the State Dry Cleaners Board. A cohort with known solvent exposures was identified. The proportionate mortality ratios and standardized mortality ratios were determined for all major causes of death. Nearly 59% were white males, with an average exposure of 10.5 years. No excess in overall cancer mortality was found. Significant excesses were noted for mental, psychoneurotic and personality disorders due to alcoholism; genitourinary system due to acute nephritis, chronic nephritis and renal sclerosis; bone and organ movement due to arthritis and spondylitis. An excess in cancers of the respiratory system was identified with excesses in mortality due to trachea, bronchus and lung cancer among those dying at age 65 or older. A 45% excess in proportionate mortality due to pancreatic cancer was found. Only on analysis of petroleum solvent exposure to white males was an excess found for kidney cancer. Moderately increased incidents of skin and bone cancer were found. Volume 1 is also available.
Keywords	Toxicity Dry cleaning Solvents Hazardous materials Petroleum products Respiration Oklahoma Humans Mortality Exposure Epidemiology Industrial atmospheres Neoplasms Health effects Occupational safety and health Indoor air pollution
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57Y - Toxicology 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68A - Air Pollution & Control 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 41I - Job Environment 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	Oklahoma Univ. Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	See also Volume 1, PB89-129969. Portions of this document are not fully legible. Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1 Jan 86-31 Mar 88,
NTIS Issue Number	198906

Petroleum Solvent Mortality Study of Oklahoma Dry Cleaners. Volume 2.

Petroleum Solvent Mortality Study of Oklahoma Dry Cleaners. Volume 2.
PB89129977

Publication Date	1988
Personal Author	Asal, N. R.; Coleman, R. L.; Petrone, R. L.; Owen, W.; Walsworth, S.
Page Count	180
Abstract	The association between exposures to the primary petroleum solvents used in commercial dry cleaning processes and various causes of death was investigated. Each commercial dry cleaning establishment in Oklahoma was classified according to the solvent or solvents in use from 1941 to 1983, based on data from the State Dry Cleaners Board. A cohort with known solvent exposures was identified. The proportionate mortality ratios and standardized mortality ratios were determined for all major causes of death. Nearly 59% were white males, with an average exposure of 10.5 years. No excess in overall cancer mortality was found. Significant excesses were noted for mental, psychoneurotic and personality disorders due to alcoholism; genitourinary system due to acute nephritis, chronic nephritis and renal sclerosis; bone and organ movement due to arthritis and spondylitis. An excess in cancers of the respiratory system was identified with excesses in mortality due to trachea, bronchus and lung cancer among those dying at age 65 or older. A 45% excess in proportionate mortality due to pancreatic cancer was found. Only on analysis of petroleum solvent exposure to white males was an excess found for kidney cancer. Moderately increased incidents of skin and bone cancer were found. Volume 1 is also available.
Keywords	Toxicity Dry cleaning Solvents Hazardous materials Petroleum products Respiration Oklahoma Humans Mortality Exposure Epidemiology Industrial atmospheres Neoplasms Health effects Occupational safety and health Indoor air pollution
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57Y - Toxicology 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68A - Air Pollution & Control 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 41I - Job Environment 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	Oklahoma Univ. Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	See also Volume 1, PB89-129969. Portions of this document are not fully legible. Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1 Jan 86-31 Mar 88,
NTIS Issue Number	198906