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High‐risk notification of chromate and bichromate production workers
Author(s) -
Rosenman K. D.,
Stanbury M.,
Lemon A.,
SoliceSample G.,
Kalush A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700230118
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , cohort study , environmental health , medical emergency , emergency medicine
A high‐risk notification program is in progress for 4,862 former chromate and bichromate production workers. A previous mortality study of this cohort found a 29‐fold increase in mortality for respiratory cancer. The increase was greater in black than white workers (80‐fold vs. 15‐fold). The cohort was compiled from Social Security Administration records. Notification was performed mainly using addresses on file with the Internal Revenue Service. At this time, 68% of the cohort has either been determined to have died or has been contacted. A description of the various steps of notification is included. This project has demonstrated that it is possible to perform high‐risk notification in an economical manner even in the absence of employer personnel records or current addresses. The methodology used in this project is generalizable to other cohorts. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.