Mortality among laundry and dry cleaning workers in Oklahoma.
The mortality experience of 440 laundry and dry cleaning workers for the period 1975-81 was analyzed, using Oklahoma death certificate data. Results did not show an overall increase in total cancer, but an elevated risk was found for homicide, lung cancer, and kidney cancer. A decrease in risk was noted for ischemic heart disease and for breast cancer.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007846:Laundering; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D009790:Occupations; D009825:Oklahoma; D012306:Risk