Open AccessCancer mortality among workers in a thermoelectric power plant.
Author(s) -
G Cammarano,
Paolo Crosignani,
Franco Berrino,
G. Berra
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.2333
Subject(s) - cohort , cancer , standardized mortality ratio , medicine , asbestos , environmental health , carcinogen , toxicology , environmental science , demography , metallurgy , chemistry , biology , materials science , sociology , organic chemistry
At a thermoelectric power plant in Turbigo (Milan, Italy), an analysis of the technological process has shown the presence of exposure to several carcinogens: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, asbestos, hydrazine, polychlorinated biphenyls, chromium, nickel, and beryllium. An epidemiologic study was carried out to quantify the effect of the detected exposures on the workers, and the cancer mortality of the cohort was compared with the corresponding rates from the closest town and with cancer register data from a nearby province. Excess mortality was found for workers with 10 or more years of employment; the median latency time was about 20 years.