Mortality of workers in styrene-butadiene polymer production

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · JOM, J. Occup. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5833228

Matanoski, G M; Schwartz, L

A total of 13,920 males who had worked in eight styrene-butadiene rubber polymer manufacturing plants in the US and Canada for at least 1 year were followed for deaths from 1943 when the industry began to 1979. Mortality ratios standardized for age, race, and calendar time using US male rates as a comparison revealed no excess mortality in this population for any cause of death. The overall standardized mortality ratio (SMR) for all causes was 0.81. Only the SMR for arteriosclerotic heart disease among black males showed a significant excess (SMR = 1.28). Examination of risks by major work areas such as production, utilities, maintenance, and other jobs, as well as by salaried and hourly pay grade, revealed no significant differences in cancer mortality by specific sites. Because the ratios for selected digestive cancers were above the all-cause SMR, this group of neoplasms is under further investigation as is the exposure profile of specific jobs within the industry.

• Research Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD
• OSTI ID: 5833228
• Journal Information: JOM, J. Occup. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: JOM, J. Occup. Med.; (United States) Vol. 29:8; ISSN JJOMD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

560300* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
BUTADIENE
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
DIENES
DISEASES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRY
MORTALITY
NEOPLASMS
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
PERSONNEL
POLYENES
POLYMERS
RISK ASSESSMENT
STYRENE
TOXICITY