Mortality Among Automobile Assembly Workers

Chiazze, Leonard; Ference, Lorraine D.; Wolf, Pamela H.

doi:10.1097/00043764-198008000-00007

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“…Two of three previous studies in assembly plants have observed increased PMRs for lung cancer [Chiazze et al, 1984;Dhara et al, unpublished, op cit.]. A recent comprehensive analysis of mortality at another large U. S. automobile manufacturer observed a lung cancer SMR of 0.85 in stamping plants (95% CI = 0.72,0.99) while assembly plants had an SMR of 1.22 (95% CI = 1.10,1.35) [Delzell E, Austin H, et al: A study of mortality among UAW-Ford employees and an evaluation of a UAW-Ford mortality surveillance system, University of Alabama, Birmingham, March 20, 1991, unpublished].…”

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Mortality at an automotive stamping and assembly complex

Park

Krebs

Mirer

1994

American J Industrial Med

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Mortality among workers with 2 or more years employment at an automotive stamping and assembly complex was analyzed using standardized mortality ratio (SMR), proportional mortality ratio (PMR), and mortality odds ratio (MOR) methods. The stamping plant all-cause SMR was considerably less than expected (for white men, SMR = 0.65, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.54, 0.79; for black men, SMR = 0.73, 95% CI = 0.45, 1.13), indicating a strong "healthy worker effect." However, six stomach cancer deaths produced an SMR of 4.4 (95% CI = 1.62, 9.6) and a PMR of 6.8 (95% CI = 2.5, 15). Based on small numbers of cases, stomach cancer risk increased with duration in stamping and tool and die departments where exposures included drawing compound and other metalworking fluids. Stamping plant lung cancer mortality was elevated among production welders (MOR = 2.7, 95% CI = 1.2, 6.3), and increased with duration. Welding was performed on sheet metal sometimes coated with drawing compound, primer, or epoxy resin adhesive. As was observed for the stamping plant, the all-cause SMR for the two assembly plants was unusually low (for white men, SMR = 0.64, 95% CI = 0.56, 0.73; for black men, SMR = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.43, 0.75). The lung cancer SMR was not elevated but the MOR was (MOR = 1.58, 95% CI = 1.1, 2.4) and increased with assembly plant duration (MOR = 1.78, 95% CI = 1.02, 3.1, at mean duration of cases). In the assembly plants, paint oven stack emissions had been reintroduced into the plant by the ventilation system.

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Section: Lung Cancer Mortality In the Assembly Plantsmentioning

confidence: 86%

Mortality at an automotive stamping and assembly complex

Park

Krebs

Mirer

1994

American J Industrial Med

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“…In none of the studies summarized in Table III was a relationship detected between occupational contact with paints and prostate cancer risk. However, in some epidemiological studies among (spray) painters or workers in paint and varnish manufacturing, a statistically significant [14,59] or nonsignificant elevated occurrence of prostate cancer [5,16,53,75] was reported. In other studies among painters, however, no relationship with prostate cancer was found [6,20,[76][77][78][79][80][81].…”

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Metal workers and repairmen at risk for prostate cancer: A review

Gulden

1997

Prostate

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“…The occupational tables of the Registrar General for England and Wales (13,14), two national mortality studies (7,18), and studies in several states (5,6,9,19,20,21) have suggested elevated mortality ratios from cancers of several sites including the lung (7,9,13,14,18), larynx (7), esophagus (20), and stomach (20), as well as leukemias (19,21), among painters. The use of chromate primers has been associated with an elevated lung cancer risk in some industry settings (3,4,8), but not in others (2,II ,12).…”

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A cohort mortality study of painters and allied tradesmen.

Matanoski¹,

Stockwell²,

Diamond³

et al. 1986

Scand J Work Environ Health

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SON ML. A cohort mortality study of painters and allied tradesmen. Scand J Work En viron Health 12 (1986) 16-21. A cohort study was conducted of the membershipof a large international union of painters and allied tradesmen. The union membership consisted of both painters and associated trades such as glaziers and tile and carpet layers. The study examined the mortality experience of 57 175 current and former union members in four states

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Mortality Among Automobile Assembly Workers

Cited by 35 publications

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Mortality at an automotive stamping and assembly complex

Mortality at an automotive stamping and assembly complex

Metal workers and repairmen at risk for prostate cancer: A review

A cohort mortality study of painters and allied tradesmen.

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