Mortality among United States Coast Guard marine inspectors

Blair, A; Haas, T; Prosser, R; Morrissette, M; Blackman, K; Grauman, D; van Dusen, P; Moran, F

doi:10.1080/00039896.1989.9935879

Title: Mortality among United States Coast Guard marine inspectors

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Work history records and fitness reports were obtained for 1,767 marine inspectors of the U.S. Coast Guard between 1942 and 1970 and for a comparison group of 1,914 officers who had never been marine inspectors. Potential exposure to chemicals was assessed by one of the authors (RP), who is knowledgeable about marine inspection duties. Marine inspectors and noninspectors had a deficit in overall mortality compared to that expected from the general U.S. population (standardized mortality ratios (SMRs = 79 and 63, respectively)). Deficits occurred for most major causes of death, including infectious and parasitic diseases, digestive and urinary systems, and accidents. Marine inspectors had excesses of cirrhosis of the liver (SMR = 136) and motor vehicle accidents (SMR = 107), and cancers of the lymphatic and hematopoietic system (SMR = 157), whereas noninspectors had deficits for these causes of death. Comparison of mortality rates directly adjusted to the age distribution of the inspectors and noninspectors combined also demonstrated that mortality for these causes of death was greater among inspectors than noninspectors (directly adjusted ratio ratios of 190, 145, and 198) for cirrhosis of the liver, motor vehicle accidents, and lymphatic and hematopoietic system cancer, respectively. The SMRs rose with increasingmore »« less

Authors:: Blair, A; Haas, T; Prosser, R; Morrissette, M; Blackman, K; Grauman, D; van Dusen, P; Moran, F

Publication Date:: Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

Research Org.:: National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 5814004

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Arch. Environ. Health; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 44:3

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; XENOBIOTICS; TOXICITY; ACCIDENTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHIPS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DISEASES; PERSONNEL; 560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology

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                    Blair, A, Haas, T, Prosser, R, Morrissette, M, Blackman, K, Grauman, D, van Dusen, P, and Moran, F. Mortality among United States Coast Guard marine inspectors.  United States: N. p., 1989. 
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                    Blair, A, Haas, T, Prosser, R, Morrissette, M, Blackman, K, Grauman, D, van Dusen, P, & Moran, F. Mortality among United States Coast Guard marine inspectors.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1989.9935879

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                    Blair, A, Haas, T, Prosser, R, Morrissette, M, Blackman, K, Grauman, D, van Dusen, P, and Moran, F. 1989.  
        "Mortality among United States Coast Guard marine inspectors".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1989.9935879.

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@article{osti_5814004,

  title        = {Mortality among United States Coast Guard marine inspectors},

  author       = {Blair, A and Haas, T and Prosser, R and Morrissette, M and Blackman, K and Grauman, D and van Dusen, P and Moran, F},

  abstractNote = {Work history records and fitness reports were obtained for 1,767 marine inspectors of the U.S. Coast Guard between 1942 and 1970 and for a comparison group of 1,914 officers who had never been marine inspectors. Potential exposure to chemicals was assessed by one of the authors (RP), who is knowledgeable about marine inspection duties. Marine inspectors and noninspectors had a deficit in overall mortality compared to that expected from the general U.S. population (standardized mortality ratios (SMRs = 79 and 63, respectively)). Deficits occurred for most major causes of death, including infectious and parasitic diseases, digestive and urinary systems, and accidents. Marine inspectors had excesses of cirrhosis of the liver (SMR = 136) and motor vehicle accidents (SMR = 107), and cancers of the lymphatic and hematopoietic system (SMR = 157), whereas noninspectors had deficits for these causes of death. Comparison of mortality rates directly adjusted to the age distribution of the inspectors and noninspectors combined also demonstrated that mortality for these causes of death was greater among inspectors than noninspectors (directly adjusted ratio ratios of 190, 145, and 198) for cirrhosis of the liver, motor vehicle accidents, and lymphatic and hematopoietic system cancer, respectively. The SMRs rose with increasing probability of exposure to chemicals for motor vehicle accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, and leukemia, which suggests that contact with chemicals during inspection of merchant vessels may be involved in the development of these diseases among marine inspectors.},

  doi          = {10.1080/00039896.1989.9935879},

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  journal      = {Arch. Environ. Health; (United States)},
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  volume       = 44:3,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989},

  month        = {Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989}

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