Mortality among rubber workers. I. White male union employees in Akron, Ohio.
Mortality among a cohort of 13,571 white male rubber workers in Akron, Ohio is described. Mortality from all causes was 82% of that expected on the basis of death rates for US white males. Excess deaths from cancer (observed/expected numbers) in specific sites among workers in specific work areas include stomach:processing (18/9.9); large intestine: processing (14/10.5); lung: tire curing (20/12.4): bladder: all workers (48/39.5); brain: tire building (7/3.7): lymphatic: tire building (11/7.1): and leukemia: all workers (55/43.0). In general, excess cancer deaths occurred most often among men who started working between ages 35 and 44 and prior to 1935, who worked 25-34 years and were over age 74 at death, and who died after 1954.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002617:Chemical Industry; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D007938:Leukemia / Q000401:mortality; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D009820:Ohio; D012408:Rubber; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D013997:Time Factors; D044465:White People
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