ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2014
Retrospective cohort study of a microelectronics and business machine facility.
Article in American journal of industrial medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Occupational Risk Factors for Kidney Disease: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Review
- Occupational exposure to organic solvents and the risk of developing testicular germ cell tumors (TESTIS study): Effect of combined exposure assessment on risk estimation.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- Systematic review of perchloroethylene and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.Global epidemiology · 2022Review
- Target Organ Metabolism, Toxicity, and Mechanisms of Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene: Key Similarities, Differences, and Data Gaps.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2016Review
- Birth defects in infants born to employees of a microelectronics and business machine manufacturing facility.Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology · 2016Article
- Retrospective assessment of exposure to chemicals for a microelectronics and business machine manufacturing facility.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined health outcomes among 34,494 workers employed at a microelectronics and business machine facility 1969-2001.
methodsStandardized mortality ratio (SMR) and standardized incidence ratios were used to evaluate health outcomes in the cohort and Cox regression modeling to evaluate relations between scores for occupational exposures and outcomes of a priori interest.
resultsJust over 17% of the cohort (5,966 people) had died through 2009. All cause, all cancer, and many cause-specific SMRs showed statistically significant deficits. In hourly males, SMRs were significantly elevated for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rectal cancer. Salaried males had excess testicular cancer incidence. Pleural cancer and mesothelioma excesses were observed in workers hired before 1969, but no available records substantiate use of asbestos in manufacturing processes. A positive, statistically significant relation was observed between exposure scores for tetrachloroethylene and nervous system diseases.
conclusionsFew significant exposure-outcome relations were observed, but risks from occupational exposures cannot be ruled out due to data limitations and the relative youth of the cohort.
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