CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG JEWELRY WORKERS

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 22  (11) , 733-736
Abstract
A proportional mortality analysis of jewelry workers as identified on death certificates is presented. The study group consisted of 931 males who died in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA, between 1956-1975. An excess proportion of pancreas cancer was found in the entire group (16/9; P < 0.05) and was not explained by ethnic or other non-occupational factors, job titles were specific enough to identify a subset of polishers and findings for this job category were compared to those for all other categories. Excesses of stomach cancer (odds ratio 4.4; P < 0.01) and stomach ulcer (odds ratio 5.0; P < 0.01) were found, but for each the observed number of deaths is small. Possible important exposures in the jewelry industry are reviewed.

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