A COHORT STUDY ON WORKERS EXPOSED TO TRICHLOROETHYLENE

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 22  (11) , 737-740
Abstract
The mortality of 2117 workers exposed to trichloroethylene sometime between 1963-1976 was studied. Their names were collected from the files of a biochemical laboratory performing urinary trichloroacetic acid determinations, and from the Occupational Disease Register of Finland. Both the total mortality [SMR 69] and the cancer mortality [SMR 77] were lower than expected. Because of the young age structure and the brief follow-up time, the results should be interpreted with caution. Given as short a latency period as 6-13 yr, trichloroethylene is probably not a strong human carcinogen. The present material provides a cohort with defined exposure for further follow-up.

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