Cancer incidence among workers in the Norwegian ferroalloy industry.

A study of mortality among 14,730 male workers in 12 Norwegian ferroalloy plants: cohort characteristics and the main causes of death.

OBJECTIVES Concern about the health hazards of exposure to workers in the ferroalloy industry has initiated this historical cohort study. The aim was to examine the mortality pattern among male employees in 12 Norwegian ferroalloy plants. METHODS All men employed for at least six months who started their first employment during 1933-91 were eligible for the cohort. Deaths observed during 1962...

CANCER INCIDENCE AND CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY AMONG WORKERS IN THE NORWEGIAN ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY Results from a combined study of six Norwegian aluminium smelters

Lung cancer incidence among Norwegian silicon carbide industry workers: associations with particulate exposure factors

OBJECTIVES An increased lung cancer risk associated with total dust exposure in the silicon carbide (SiC) industry has previously been reported. The aim of the present study was to examine the relative importance of specific exposure factors by using a comprehensive, historic job exposure matrix based on about 8000 measurements. METHODS Cumulative exposure to total and respirable dust, respir...

Incidence of cancer and mortality among workers exposed to mercury vapour in the Norwegian chloralkali industry.

Incidence of cancer and mortality were studied among 674 men exposed to mercury vapour for more than one year at two chloralkali plants. Mercury excretion in urine had been monitored among the workers at the two plants since 1948 and 1949. An individual cumulative urinary mercury dose was calculated, based on about 20,000 urinary mercury measurements. The incidence of cancer and the mortality w...

Cancer incidence among 41,000 offshore oil industry workers.

BACKGROUND Cancer incidence among Norwegian offshore oil industry workers has been studied in two equally sized cohorts of 28000 workers, in a survey-based cohort study followed 1999-2005 and a register-based cohort study followed 1981-2003. AIMS To determine the overall cancer incidence in both cohorts merged, with an extended follow-up. METHODS The merged cohort yielded 41,140 individuals...