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  • Title: [Risk of death from malignant neoplasms among cellulose industry workers].
    Author: Szadkowska-Stańczyk I, Wilczyńska U, Szymczak W.
    Journal: Med Pr; 1995; 46(6):575-81. PubMed ID: 8851005.
    Abstract:
    The pulp mill workers are exposed to substances suspected of carcinogenic effect during production and bleaching of chemical paper-pulp. In order to assess the risk of death from malignant neoplasm, a cohort study covering 1,432 males and 546 females, employed in the sulfate pulp mills of a big cellulose and paper plant, was carried out. Those persons had worked in pulp mills during the years 1967-1990 for, at least, one year. The analysis of risk by causes and gender of those under study was based on standard mortality rate (SMR) calculated using the method of person-year observation. The general population of Poland was used as reference. Significant excess mortality from malignant neoplasm of peritoneum (SMR = 2530) and prostate (SMR = 854) was observed among males, however, the number of observed deaths in these groups was small. Excess female mortality was insignificant. It is rather doubtful whether an increased risk of death from some neoplasms, observed in this group (in this phase of exposure identification) could be linked with occupational exposure.
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