Cancer morbidity in nitrate fertilizer workers

✍ Scribed by Lars Hagmar; Tom Bellander; Christina Andersson; Katarina Lindén; Robyn Attewell; Torgil Möller

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 490 KB
• Volume: 63
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-0131
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00406200

✦ Synopsis

No significant increase in total cancer, stomach cancer ( 5 actual vs 6 7 expected cases), or lung cancer ( 13 vs 13 expected) was found On the other hand, 26 actual cases of prostate cancer were observed vs 16 expected cases (standardized morbidity ratio, SMR = 161 ; 95 %, confidence interval, CI = 107-239) This risk increase however, was, not enhanced by applying at least a 10-year latency period. In a cohort of 1,148 male fertilizer workers who had never been exposed to nitrate, there was an increased incidence of lung cancer (SMR = 151,95 % CI = 103-220) but not of stomach cancer or prostate cancer There was no association between airborne nitrate exposure dose and total cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer or prostate cancer, respectively.