TY - JOUR
T1 - Mortality among Hardmetal Production Workers
T2 - Pooled Analysis of Cohort Data from an International Investigation
AU - Marsh, Gary M.
AU - Buchanich, Jeanine M.
AU - Zimmerman, Sarah
AU - Liu, Yimeng
AU - Balmert, Lauren C.
AU - Graves, Jessica
AU - Kennedy, Kathleen J.
AU - Esmen, Nurtan A.
AU - Moshammer, Hanns
AU - Morfeld, Peter
AU - Erren, Thomas
AU - Groß, Juliane Valérie
AU - Yong, Mei
AU - Svartengren, Magnus
AU - Westberg, Hakan
AU - McElvenny, Damien M.
AU - Cherrie, John W.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Objectives: Based on a pooled analysis of data from an international study, evaluate total and cause-specific mortality among hardmetal production workers with emphasis on lung cancer. Methods: Study members were 32,354 workers from three companies and 17 manufacturing sites in five countries. We computed standardized mortality ratios and evaluated exposure-response via relative risk regression analysis. Results: Among long-term workers, we observed overall deficits or slight excesses in deaths for total mortality, all cancers, and lung cancer and found no evidence of any exposure-response relationships for lung cancer. Conclusions: We found no evidence that duration, average intensity, or cumulative exposure to tungsten, cobalt, or nickel, at levels experienced by the workers examined, increases lung cancer mortality risks. We also found no evidence that work in these facilities increased mortality risks from any other causes of death.
AB - Objectives: Based on a pooled analysis of data from an international study, evaluate total and cause-specific mortality among hardmetal production workers with emphasis on lung cancer. Methods: Study members were 32,354 workers from three companies and 17 manufacturing sites in five countries. We computed standardized mortality ratios and evaluated exposure-response via relative risk regression analysis. Results: Among long-term workers, we observed overall deficits or slight excesses in deaths for total mortality, all cancers, and lung cancer and found no evidence of any exposure-response relationships for lung cancer. Conclusions: We found no evidence that duration, average intensity, or cumulative exposure to tungsten, cobalt, or nickel, at levels experienced by the workers examined, increases lung cancer mortality risks. We also found no evidence that work in these facilities increased mortality risks from any other causes of death.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001151
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001151
M3 - Article
C2 - 29215487
AN - SCOPUS:85036657309
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 59
SP - e342-e364
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 12
ER -
