increased suicide risk among workers following toxic metal exposure at the paducah gaseous diffusion plant from 1952 to 2003: a cohort study

Increased suicide risk among workers following toxic metal exposure at the Paducah gaseous diffusion plant from 1952 to 2003: a cohort study.

BACKGROUND Suicide is a problem worldwide and occupation is an important risk factor. In the last decade, 55 200 deaths in the US were attributed to occupational risk factors. OBJECTIVE To determine if toxic metal exposure was associated with suicide risk among Paducah gaseous diffusion plant (PGDP) workers. METHODS We assembled a cohort of 6820 nuclear industry workers employed from 1952...

Occupational exposure to trichloroethylene and cancer risk for workers at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

OBJECTIVE The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) became operational in 1952; it is located in the western part of Kentucky. We conducted a mortality study for adverse health effects that workers may have suffered while working at the plant, including exposures to chemicals. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied a cohort of 6820 workers at the PGDP for the period 1953 to 2003; there were a tota...

Evaluation of Groundwater Management/Remediation Technologies for Application to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant

from linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar

chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...

A case cohort study of suicide in relation to exposure to electric and magnetic fields among electrical utility workers.

OBJECTIVES This case cohort study examines whether there is an association between exposure to electric and magnetic fields and suicide in a population of 21,744 male electrical utility workers from the Canadian Province of Québec. METHODS 49 deaths from suicide were identified between 1970 and 1988 and a subcohort was selected comprising a 1% random sample from this cohort as a basis for ris...

Exploring the risk of welders’ exposure to the gases and metal fumes in a shipbuilding industry: a case study

Introduction: Risk identification and investigation is an appropriate and practical approach for the occupational health professionals. This paper aims to determine exposure to the gases and metal fumes and to perform risk analysis in three common types of welding activities in a shipbuilding industry. Material and method: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in a shipbuilding i...