Cause ‐specific mortality and cancer morbidity in 390 male workers exposed to high purity talc, a six‐decade follow‐up

ConclusionsWith the clear limitations of a small cohort, our results do hint at an effect of talc dust on mortality from NMRD other than pneumoconiosis, covered by a strong and persisting healthy worker effect. Also, an effect on CVD mortality, masked by a healthy worker selection into the cohort cannot be ruled out. Excess mortality from pneumoconiosis seen in other studies, may reflect exposure to quartz and, possibly, bias due to comparability problems.

Source: American Journal of Industrial Medicine - July 26, 2017 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ebba Wergeland, Finn Gjertsen, Linda Vos, Tom K. Grimsrud Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research