title: Extended cancer mortality follow-up of a German rubber industry cohort.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We extended follow-up of a cohort of German rubber industry workers (active or retired in 1981) by 9 years (1992 to 2000) to reassess previously observed cancer mortality risks.
  
  
  METHODS
  We calculated standardized mortality ratios and stratified results by work area, duration of employment, and year of hire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cohort includes 11,632 men and 1863 women from five tire or general rubber goods producing factories. Among men we observed significantly elevated standardized mortality ratios for cancers of the lung and the pleura in the full cohort and in specific strata. Among women we observed a significantly elevated standardized mortality ratio for cancer of the lung.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We observed excess risk for several cancer sites among men and women. Further cancer risk analysis of workers in the rubber industry should focus on differences in work areas and associated exposures.
authors.affiliation: Section of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Jelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vlaanderen
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taeger
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wellman
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Keil
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schüz
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Straif
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000401:mortality*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000401:mortality; D012307:Risk Factors; D012408:Rubber / Q000633:toxicity*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012408:Rubber