Extended Mortality Follow-up of a Cohort of Dry Cleaners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dry cleaning workers are commonly exposed to tetrachloroethylene, a suspected bladder carcinogen, and other organic solvents. The health risks associated with solvent exposures in this industry are unclear.

Methods

We extended mortality follow-up of 5,369 dry cleaning union members in St. Louis to further investigate solvent-related risks. We added 22 years of follow-up, from 1993 through 2014, via linkage to the National Death Index. Using Cox proportional hazards modeling, we computed hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) relating cause-specific mortality with levels of a solvent exposure index previously developed by an industrial hygienist based on workers' job titles from union records. The models were fit adjusting for age, sex, and decade o

SUBMITTER: Callahan CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10402463 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature