A mortality update of male and female capacitor workers exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls.

摘要: This analysis represents a 5-year update of our mortality study 7075 PCB exposed capacitor workers that now includes 1654 deaths and 235,984 person-years observation with follow-up through 1998. In hourly males females the observed number from all-cancers all-causes were similar to expected numbers. salaried all-cause all-cancer significantly below expected. females, was expected, but not significantly. We again failed find any significant excess in priori cancers concern or other total cohort highly portion cohort. These results expand on previous observations as before data fail demonstrate causal association between occupational exposure cancer causes death.