Open AccessMortality among laundry and dry cleaning workers in Oklahoma.
Author(s) -
R W Duh,
Nabih R. Asal
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.74.11.1278
Subject(s) - laundry , medicine , death certificate , environmental health , breast cancer , homicide , lung cancer , demography , cancer , gerontology , disease , cause of death , poison control , injury prevention , geography , archaeology , sociology
The mortality experience of 440 laundry and dry cleaning workers for the period 1975-81 was analyzed, using Oklahoma death certificate data. Results did not show an overall increase in total cancer, but an elevated risk was found for homicide, lung cancer, and kidney cancer. A decrease in risk was noted for ischemic heart disease and for breast cancer.