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Mortality among benzene-exposed workers in China.
- Source :
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Environmental health perspectives [Environ Health Perspect] 1996 Dec; Vol. 104 Suppl 6, pp. 1349-52. - Publication Year :
- 1996
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Abstract
- A large cohort of 74,828 benzene-exposed and 35,805 nonexposed workers employed between 1972 and 1987 in 12 cities in China was followed to determine mortality from all causes. Benzene-exposed study subjects were employed in a variety of occupations including coating applications, and rubber, chemical, and shoe production. Mortality was slightly increased among workers with greater cumulative exposure to benzene (ptrend < 0.05), but this excess was largely due to cancer deaths (ptrend < 0.01). Deaths due to lymphatic and hematopoietic malignancies (ptrend = 0.01) and lung cancer (ptrend = 0.01) increased with increasing cumulative exposure to benzene. Investigations continue to relate benzene exposure to specific lymphatic and hematopoietic malignancies and other causes of death.
- Subjects :
- China epidemiology
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Leukemia chemically induced
Leukemia mortality
Lung Neoplasms chemically induced
Lung Neoplasms mortality
Lymphoma chemically induced
Lymphoma mortality
Male
Neoplasms chemically induced
Neoplasms mortality
Risk Factors
Benzene toxicity
Occupational Diseases chemically induced
Occupational Diseases mortality
Occupational Exposure
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0091-6765
- Volume :
- 104 Suppl 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Environmental health perspectives
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9118919
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.961041349