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BACKGROUND:This study updates information on mortality and cancer morbidity in a cohort of Norwegian talc workers. METHODS:Follow-up was extended with 24 years, covering 1953-2011. Comparisons were made with the general population and between subgroups within the cohort. RESULTS:Standardized mortality ratio for non-malignant respiratory disease (NMRD) was 0.38 (95%CI: 0.18, 0.69) and for diseases of the circulatory system (CVD) 0.98 (95%CI: 0.82, 1.16). A non-significantly increased NMRD risk was observed at high dust exposures. There were no deaths from pneumoconiosis. CONCLUSIONS:With the clear limitations of a small cohort, our results do hint at an effect of talc dust on mortality from NMRD other than pneumoconiosis, covered by a strong and persisting healthy worker effect. Also, an effect on CVD mortality, masked by a healthy worker selection into the cohort cannot be ruled out. Excess mortality from pneumoconiosis seen in other studies, may reflect exposure to quartz and, possibly, bias due to comparability problems.
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Am J Ind Medjournal_title
American journal of industrial medicineauthors
Wergeland E,Gjertsen F,Vos L,Grimsrud TKdoi
10.1002/ajim.22749subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-09-01 00:00:00pages
821-830issue
9eissn
0271-3586issn
1097-0274journal_volume
60pub_type
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