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ArticleEuropean journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP)2014

A mortality study of workers exposed to insoluble forms of beryllium.

Paolo Boffetta, Tiffani Fordyce, Jack S Mandel

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Article in European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Paolo BoffettaaTisch Cancer Institute and Institute for Translational Epidemiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York bExponent Inc., Menlo Park, California, USA.
Tiffani Fordyce
Jack S Mandel

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated lung cancer and other diseases related to insoluble beryllium compounds. A cohort of 4950 workers from four US insoluble beryllium manufacturing facilities were followed through 2009. Expected deaths were calculated using local and national rates. On the basis of local rates, all-cause mortality was significantly reduced. Mortality from lung cancer (standardized mortality ratio 96.0; 95% confidence interval 80.0, 114.3) and from nonmalignant respiratory diseases was also reduced. There were no significant trends for either cause of death according to duration of employment or time since first employment. Uterine cancer among women was the only cause of death with a significantly increased standardized mortality ratio. Five of the seven women worked in office jobs. This study confirmed the lack of an increase in mortality from lung cancer and nonmalignant respiratory diseases related to insoluble beryllium compounds.

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EmploymentBerylliosisBerylliumCause of DeathCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleOccupational ExposureRespiratory Tract DiseasesUnited StatesUterine NeoplasmsBeryllium

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PMID24589746
PMCPMC4337587

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