Mortality among ethylene oxide workers.

Abstract

Because of reports linking an increased risk of leukemia with exposure to ethylene oxide, a mortality study of workers with potential exposure to ethylene oxide at the Texaco Chemical Company Plant in Port Neches, Tex., was undertaken. A total of 767 males with potential exposure to ethylene oxide were identified. Forty-six deaths occurred in this cohort with 80 expected (standardized mortality ratio; SMR = 58). No deaths from leukemia were seen, nor were there any statistically significant excesses from any specific causes of death.

• Authors: R W Morgan, K W Claxton, B J Divine, S D Kaplan, V B Harris
• Journal: Journal of occupational medicine. : official publication of the Industrial Medical Association (J Occup Med) Vol. 23 Issue 11 Pg. 767-70 (Nov 1981) ISSN: 0096-1736 [Print] United States
• PMID: 7320776 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Ethylene Oxide

Topics

• Ethylene Oxide (adverse effects)
• Humans
• Male
• Neoplasms (chemically induced, mortality)
• Occupational Diseases (chemically induced, mortality)