Mortalidad en trabajadores siderúrgicos: estudio retrospectivo 1985-1994 / Mortality among steel workers: a 10 years follow up
Rev. méd. Chile
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126(11): 1397-402, nov. 1998. tab
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Some studies have reported an increased incidence of lung, kidney and colon cancer among steel workers, however this has not been an universal observation.Aim:
To study the causes of death in a group of Chilean steel workers. Subjects andmethods:
Between January 1985 and December 1994, 4718 steel workers were followed. Their crude and standardized death rates, adjusted for age and diagnosis, were calculated.Results:
During the study period 153 deaths were registered (3.2 percent), 78 in active workers (2.7 percent), 68 in retired workers (5.9 percent) and 7 in hired workers (1 percent). Main causes of death were liver cirrhosis (19 percent), gastric cancer (9.2 percent) and myocardial infarction (8.5 percent). Cirrhosis was the only cause with a significantly higher standardized adjusted rate (=171).Conclusions:
We did not find elevated standardized mortality rates for respiratory diseases, lung or kidney cancer in this group of steel workers. Thus, our results did not show a specific occupational risk among these workers
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Assunto principal:
Indústria Siderúrgica
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Doenças Profissionais
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
1998
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