ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2015
Mortality among capacitor workers exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a long-term update.
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- Assessment of Perceptions and Cancer Risks of Workers at a Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Contaminated Hotspot in Ethiopia.Journal of health & pollution · 2021Article
- Mortality in Yusho patients exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzofurans: a 50-year retrospective cohort study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2020Article
- Plasma levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and the risk of soft tissue sarcoma.La Medicina del lavoro · 2019Article
- The environmental pollutant, polychlorinated biphenyls, and cardiovascular disease: a potential target for antioxidant nanotherapeutics.Drug delivery and translational research · 2018Review
- Persistent organic pollutants and mortality in the United States, NHANES 1999-2011.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2017Article
- Historical data review and source analysis of PCBs/Arochlors in the Lower Leon Creek Watershed.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2017Article
- Exposure to 27 polychlorinated biphenyls in the indoor environment of a workplace: a controlled bio-monitoring study.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposePolychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous in the environment. Concerns have been raised about cancer and other disease risks. This follow-up mortality study of PCB workers addresses some of these concerns.
methodsMortality among 7,061 PCB capacitor workers was updated through 2008 (287,712 person-years; mean follow-up 41 years). Adjusted standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for USA and New York State referent rates. Standardized rate ratios (SRRs) were calculated based on employment duration and latency.
resultsStandardized mortality ratios for all causes of death were statistically significantly lower in the total cohort (SMR 92; 95 % CI 89-96) and in males (SMR 88; 95 % CI 83-92), but not in females (SMR 100; 95 % CI 94-106). For all cancers combined, SMRs for the total cohort (SMR 103; 95 % CI 96-111) and for males (SMR 96; 95 % CI 87-105) did not differ from the expected rates, in contrast to females (SMR 114; 95 % CI 103-126). Buccal cavity and pharyngeal cancers were statistically increased in the combined cohort (SMR 169; 95 % CI 108-251) and in females (SMR 273; 95 % CI 131-502). Respiratory system malignancies were statistically lower in males (SMR 83; 95 % CI 70-97), while they were increased in females (SMR 143; 95 % CI 118-172). Melanomas were statistically significantly increased in male salaried workers only. No positive trends (SRRs) with increasing length of employment and increasing latency were found.
conclusionsThe positive results lacking exposure-response relationships are subject to confounding and probably do not represent causal associations.
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