title: Mortality attributable to occupational exposure in Sweden.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to estimate the mortality from cancer, cardiovascular, and         respiratory diseases attributable to occupational exposure in Sweden.
  
  
  METHODS
  Estimates were calculated for men and         women separately, and we considered only deaths between 25-74 years of age. We considered cancer exposures/sites         classified as I or 2a according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Acute myocardial infarction         was the only included cardiovascular disease. Respiratory diseases comprised chronic obstructive pulmonary disease         (COPD) asthma, pneumoconiosis and alveolitis. All deaths of pneumoconiosis and alveolitis were considered work-related.         Estimates were based on the Swedish mortality in 2007.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, we estimate that there are about 800         work-related deaths per year in the studied causes. The majority are due to acute myocardial infarction, with 126         deaths among women and 337 deaths among men attributable to job strain, shift work, exhaust gases, combustion products,         or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). There are 99 respiratory disease-related deaths, the vast majority from COPD         (N=92). In total, 270 cancer deaths are estimated to be work-related. For men, half of the cases are attributed to         asbestos exposure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results indicate that preventive measures to decrease occupational mortality should         consider factors associated with myocardial infarction such as job strain, shift work and exhaust gases from vehicles         and combustion products. Exposures to factors associated with COPD, such as dust, also seem important to         prevent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. bengt.jarvholm @envmed.umu.se
authors.forename: Bengt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Järvholm
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reuterwall
authors.forename: Jennie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bystedt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology