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North Carolina Textile Workers Exposed to Carcinogen

The intent of the study was to describe mortality among workers and examine possible relationships between exposure and mortality rates.

Mortality in the Vital status of workers employed for at least 1 day between 1 January 1950 and 31 December 1973 in four North Carolina plants was compared and tracked.

Of 5770 workers, 2583 deaths werefrom all causes; 277 from lung cancer. Mortality from all causes, (all cancers and lung cancer was significant higher than expected).

The risk of lung cancer and asbestosis increased with cumulative fibre exposure. Details of the study are available from the source listed below.

Duke Univerity Study OEM.BMJ