Mortality of Dutch workers exposed to XXXX .

@entity204 @entity4312 @entity65 @entity741
Epidemiological studies carried out in Great Britain, Scandinavia and the United States indicate that workers exposed to @entity4312 are at an increased risk for @entity65 ( @entity65 ) mortality, and in particular for @entity741 ( @entity741 ) mortality. In the epidemiological study reported here a retrospective cohort design was used. The total study population consisted of 3322 workers from a Dutch viscose textile plant who had all been employed for at least half a year between 1 January 1947 and 1 January 1980. Only production and maintenance workers were selected for the study. A group of 1434 workers who had been exposed to @entity4312 was identified from the files available at the plant. The remaining 1888 workers who had not been exposed to @entity4312 were used as a reference group. The total study population was followed for mortality until 1 January 1988. For the 762 workers who had died before that date, the causes of @entity204 were checked at the Central Bureau of Statistics. The results show a slightly but significantly increased risk for @entity65 mortality ( @entity65 -specific SMR of 115), despite the observation of the so-called healthy worker effect and the statistical uncertainties inherent to this type of study. The results are in accordance with those reported by other investigators. The results indicate that exposure to relatively low levels of @entity4312 increases the risk of @entity65 mortality.
