Mortality experience for Louisiana chemical workers.
A previous mortality study for Louisiana workers of The Dow Chemical Company identified greater than expected deaths due to leukemia and aleukemia and cancer of the brain and central nervous system. The current study updated the mortality experience through 1992. No new deaths due to leukemia and aleukemia and only one new death due to cancer of the brain and central nervous system were observed. No causes of death were statistically significantly elevated. The number of observed deaths was statistically significantly less than expected for a number of disease categories. Mortality rates were not shown to be higher among Louisiana chemical employees when compared to the United States, state, and regional populations.
Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, USA.
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D002423:Cause of Death; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000401:mortality; D008145:Louisiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D013997:Time Factors