High-risk notification of chromate and bichromate production workers.
A high-risk notification program is in progress for 4,862 former chromate and bichromate production workers. A previous mortality study of this cohort found a 29-fold increase in mortality for respiratory cancer. The increase was greater in black than white workers (80-fold vs. 15-fold). The cohort was compiled from Social Security Administration records. Notification was performed mainly using addresses on file with the Internal Revenue Service. At this time, 68% of the cohort has either been determined to have died or has been contacted. A description of the various steps of notification is included. This project has demonstrated that it is possible to perform high-risk notification in an economical manner even in the absence of employer personnel records or current addresses. The methodology used in this project is generalizable to other cohorts.
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Department of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1317.
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Kalush
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D002617:Chemical Industry; D002840:Chromates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
D002840:Chromates