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BACKGROUND:The tanning industry involves many occupational exposures. This study evaluates proportionate cancer mortality among workers employed in the Belarussian tanning plant in Minsk. METHODS:A total of 768 workers with seniority of not less than 6 months who were hired after January 1, 1953 and died before December 31, 2000 was investigated. Proportionate mortality ratios (PMRs) were calculated using the population of Minsk to generate expected numbers. RESULTS:Among women employed in the tannery, there was a significant excess of pancreatic cancer, based on eight deaths (expected = 2.56, PMR = 3.13, 95% CI = 1.35-6.17). Six of the eight pancreatic cancer deaths occurred among women occupied in dyeing-stuffing workshops (expected = 1.64, PMR = 3.67, 95% CI = 1.34-7.97), all among workers hired between 1962 and 1984 (expected = 1.06, PMR = 6.54, 95% CI = 2.6-13.4). CONCLUSIONS:Women in this tanning industry cohort experienced excess mortality of cancer of the pancreas, with suggested increases of corpus and cervix uteri, melanoma, and kidney cancers. For men, an insignificant increase in PMR of oral cavity-pharynx and pancreatic cancers was seen. Further prospective follow-up of living members of this cohort, will allow more in-depth analysis of rare cancer sites, latency, and duration of employment, and is warranted.
journal_name
Am J Ind Medjournal_title
American journal of industrial medicineauthors
Veyalkin IV,Milyutin AAdoi
10.1002/ajim.10275subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-12-01 00:00:00pages
637-42issue
6eissn
0271-3586issn
1097-0274journal_volume
44pub_type
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