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Retrospective Mortality Study of Cadmium Workers: An Update.

PB92205954

Publication Date	1986
Personal Author	Thun, M. J.; Schnorr, T. M.; Halperin, W. E.
Page Count	38
Abstract	A retrospective cohort mortality study was conducted among a group of workers exposed to cadmium (7440439), to determine specific causes of death among these workers. The report reviewed the findings of the study and presented additional findings concerning exposures to other hazards at the facility. The study examined the causes of death for 292 cadmium workers who worked at least 2 years at a small facility that recovered cadmium from bag house dust. Exposures included dusts of cadmium-oxide (1306190) and cadmium-sulfide (1306236) and to fumes of cadmium itself. Over a two fold excess of deaths from respiratory cancer was noted among these workers when compared with the general population and over a three fold excess of deaths from prostatic cancer among the men. A follow up of the study cohort revealed that all cause mortality was slightly below that of the United States male population. The Standardized Mortality Ratio for circulatory disease was 65. Deaths due to respiratory cancer were 65% above the number expected. All of the 20 deaths from respiratory cancer were due to cancer of the lung, trachea and bronchus. Deaths due to genitourinary cancer were 35% above expected levels.
Keywords	Mortality Cadmium Occupational exposure Toxicity Cadmium sulfides Cohort studies Cause of death Prostatic neoplasms Dust Cadmium oxide CAS 7440-43-9 CAS 1306-19-0 CAS 1306-23-6
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. International Lead Zinc Research Organization, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Supplemental Notes	Presented at the ILZRO International Cadmium Conference (5th), San Francisco, CA., February 6, 1986. Prepared in cooperation with International Lead Zinc Research Organization, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199220

Retrospective Mortality Study of Cadmium Workers: An Update.

Retrospective Mortality Study of Cadmium Workers: An Update.
PB92205954

Publication Date	1986
Personal Author	Thun, M. J.; Schnorr, T. M.; Halperin, W. E.
Page Count	38
Abstract	A retrospective cohort mortality study was conducted among a group of workers exposed to cadmium (7440439), to determine specific causes of death among these workers. The report reviewed the findings of the study and presented additional findings concerning exposures to other hazards at the facility. The study examined the causes of death for 292 cadmium workers who worked at least 2 years at a small facility that recovered cadmium from bag house dust. Exposures included dusts of cadmium-oxide (1306190) and cadmium-sulfide (1306236) and to fumes of cadmium itself. Over a two fold excess of deaths from respiratory cancer was noted among these workers when compared with the general population and over a three fold excess of deaths from prostatic cancer among the men. A follow up of the study cohort revealed that all cause mortality was slightly below that of the United States male population. The Standardized Mortality Ratio for circulatory disease was 65. Deaths due to respiratory cancer were 65% above the number expected. All of the 20 deaths from respiratory cancer were due to cancer of the lung, trachea and bronchus. Deaths due to genitourinary cancer were 35% above expected levels.
Keywords	Mortality Cadmium Occupational exposure Toxicity Cadmium sulfides Cohort studies Cause of death Prostatic neoplasms Dust Cadmium oxide CAS 7440-43-9 CAS 1306-19-0 CAS 1306-23-6
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. International Lead Zinc Research Organization, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Supplemental Notes	Presented at the ILZRO International Cadmium Conference (5th), San Francisco, CA., February 6, 1986. Prepared in cooperation with International Lead Zinc Research Organization, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199220