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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-2-17
pubmed:abstractText
Epidemiologic studies on dioxin, specifically 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), have not consistently found an increased cancer risk. This study examines mortality rates for 754 employees at a chemical plant after an accident in 1949 in which 122 workers developed chloracne from high exposure to TCDD. We also examined exposure to 4-aminobiphenyl, a potential bladder carcinogen. Although the numbers are small, and confounding factors cannot be ruled out, workers exposed to 4-aminobiphenyl who developed chloracne from the accident had increased mortality rates from soft tissue sarcoma, bladder cancer, and respiratory cancer. All soft tissue sarcomas occurred among workers with potential 4-aminobiphenyl exposure, whereas no soft tissue sarcomas occurred among workers with TCDD exposure alone. In these workers, exposure to TCDD alone at levels great enough to cause chloracne was not associated with increased cancer rates.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1044-3983
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Accidents, Occupational, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Acne Vulgaris, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Aminobiphenyl Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Carcinogens, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Cause of Death, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Chemical Industry, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Occupational Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Occupational Exposure, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Sarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Soft Tissue Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-United States, pubmed-meshheading:8420584-Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
The mortality experience of workers exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in a trichlorophenol process accident.
pubmed:affiliation
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO 63167.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article