340 Cancer incidence and mortality among underground and surface gold miners in Western Australia

Long-term effects of aluminium dust inhalation

“…This difference may represent a difference in level of exposure to silica. Further, cancer mortality was also increased in the Kalgoorlie gold miners’ cohort (SMR=1.27, 95% CI 1.16 to 1.39), which was mainly driven by lung cancer among ever-underground miners (SMR=1.82, 95% CI 1.56 to 2.13) 16. These causes of death may all be considered competitive causes when studying mortality from cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and Alzheimer's diseases.…”