[Assessing lead cancerogenic effects affecting printing house workers].
The aim of this study was to determine the level of risk of occupational cancer among compositors exposed to inorganic lead. A total of 216 men and 423 women were included in the cohort and followed up from 1 January 1979 to 31 December 1993. There were 2759 person-years among males and 6050 person-years among females. Among men, employed as compositors, there was a significantly elevated mortality from pancreas cancer. We have found two deaths from kidney cancer occurred exclusively among women-compositors with exposure 20 years or more yielding significantly increased SMR of 10.0.
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D000328:Adult; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007221:Industry; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011327:Printing; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology