Health hazard evaluation report HETA 81-174-1328, Aluminum Company of America, Newburgh, Indiana

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:6048571

Ahrenholz, S H; Schulte, P A

To evaluate worker mortality due to leukemia and diseases of the blood-forming organs associated with coal tar pitch volatile exposures, proportionate mortality ratios (PMR) were computed for most major causes of death by comparing observed to expected deaths. Three causes of death had a statistically significant excess number of deaths. These were: cancer of the rectum, PMR = 459 (2 observed, 0.44 expected); all cancers of the liver, PMR = 8.27 (2 observed, 0.24 expected); and neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissue other than lymphosarcoma, Hodgkin's disease, and leukemia, PMR = 388 (2 observed, 0.52 expected). To further evaluate these findings, proportionate cancer mortality ratios (PCMR) were computed. Only cancer of the liver remained statistically in excess.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6048571
• Report Number(s): PB-85-102937/XAD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
AIR POLLUTION
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GLANDS
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