TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancer mortality among white males in the meat industry
AU - Johnson, Eric S.
AU - Fischman, H. R.
AU - Matanoski, Genevieve M.
AU - Diamond, E.
PY - 1986/1
Y1 - 1986/1
N2 - A study was conducted among 13,844 members of a meatcutter’s union, from July 1949 to December 1980, to examine cancer occurrence in the meat industry. Separate analyses were carried out for the whole group, and for subgroups defined by job-categories characteristic of the industry, including a control group. Mortality was compared with that of the United States through the estimation of standardized mortality ratios (SMB) and proportional mortality ratios. A statistically significant proportional mortality ratio of 8.9 was obtained for Hodgkin’s disease among abattoir workers; the SMB of 2.2 was not significant. Among meat-packing plant workers, highly statistically significant SMBs were recorded for bone cancer, SMB = 9.6; cancer of the buccal cavity and pharynx, SMB = 3.4; and lung cancer, SMB = 1.9. The role of oncogenic viruses and other carcinogenic exposures was investigated.
AB - A study was conducted among 13,844 members of a meatcutter’s union, from July 1949 to December 1980, to examine cancer occurrence in the meat industry. Separate analyses were carried out for the whole group, and for subgroups defined by job-categories characteristic of the industry, including a control group. Mortality was compared with that of the United States through the estimation of standardized mortality ratios (SMB) and proportional mortality ratios. A statistically significant proportional mortality ratio of 8.9 was obtained for Hodgkin’s disease among abattoir workers; the SMB of 2.2 was not significant. Among meat-packing plant workers, highly statistically significant SMBs were recorded for bone cancer, SMB = 9.6; cancer of the buccal cavity and pharynx, SMB = 3.4; and lung cancer, SMB = 1.9. The role of oncogenic viruses and other carcinogenic exposures was investigated.
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U2 - 10.1097/00043764-198601000-00008
DO - 10.1097/00043764-198601000-00008
M3 - Article
C2 - 3485192
AN - SCOPUS:0022618401
VL - 28
SP - 23
EP - 32
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
SN - 1076-2752
IS - 1
ER -