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Mortality study of pesticide applicators and other employees of a lawn care service company.
- Source :
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Journal of occupational and environmental medicine [J Occup Environ Med] 1997 Nov; Vol. 39 (11), pp. 1055-67. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- In response to reports linking non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, a retrospective cohort mortality study of 32,600 employees of a lawn care company was conducted. The cohort was generally young with short-duration employment and follow-up. In comparison to the US population, the cohort had significantly decreased mortality from all causes of death combined (307 deaths), arteriosclerotic heart disease, and accidents. There were 45 cancer deaths (59.6 expected, standardized mortality ratio [SMR] = 0.76, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.55, 1.01). Bladder cancer mortality was significantly increased, but two of the three observed deaths had no direct occupational contact with pesticides. There were four deaths due to NHL (SMR = 1.14, CI = 0.31, 2.91); three were male lawn applicators (SMR = 1.63, CI = 0.33, 4.77), with two of the applicators employed for three or more years (SMR = 7.11, CI = 1.78, 28.42). No other cause of death was significantly elevated among lawn applicators as a group or among those employed for three or more years. Although based on very small numbers and perhaps due to chance, the NHL excess is consistent with several earlier studies.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Age Distribution
Agricultural Workers' Diseases chemically induced
Cohort Studies
Confidence Intervals
Female
Humans
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin mortality
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms chemically induced
Occupations classification
Ohio epidemiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Survival Rate
United States epidemiology
Agricultural Workers' Diseases mortality
Cause of Death
Neoplasms mortality
Occupational Exposure adverse effects
Pesticides adverse effects
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1076-2752
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9383716
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00043764-199711000-00006