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Title:
THE LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF RADIUM DIAL PAINTERS AND THORIUM WORKERS
Author(s):
BRUES, A M [CENTER FOR HUMAN RADIOBIOLOGY]
Subject Terms:
HREX; RADIUM DIAL PAINTERS
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1980 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0010
Accession Number:
NV0702311
Originating Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 21
Description/Abstract:
THE LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF RADIUM DIAL PAINTERS AND THORIUM WORKERS IS INVESTIGATED IN THIS ARTICLE. ONE STUDY ANALYZED THE DATA IN A POPULATION OF 1235 WORKERS EMPLOYED AT PLANTS BEFORE 1930, AND FOUND AN EXCESS OF 68 DEATHS AS AGAINST APPROPRIATE LIFE-TABLE VALUES. ANOTHER STUDY USED A SEGREGATED COHORT OF 634 CASES. IN 1925, PRECAUTIONARY RULES WERE INTRODUCED IN MOST PLANTS TO PREVENT WORKERS FROM ORAL CONTACT WITH PAINT BRUSHES. OVERALL, MORTALITY RATIOS WERE LOWER IN THE GROUPS FIRST EMPLOYED AFTER 1924 (0.89) AND IN THE GROUP WITH CALCULATED INTAKE BELOW 50 MICROCURIES (0.86). CAUSE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY RATIOS WERE ELEVATED AT P < 0.001 FOR ALL MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS, BONE, AND "OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED" MALIGNANCY. AN EXAMINATION OF THE DOSE-INCIDENCE RELATIONSHIP OF RADIOGENIC TUMORS IN 759 DIAL WORKERS WHOSE RADIUM BURDENS WERE KNOWN DISCLOSED 38 CASES OF BONE SARCOMA AND 17 OF CARCINOMA OF MASTOID AND PARANASAL SINUSES.