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- Title
Causes of Death among Laundry and Dry Cleaning Workers.
- Authors
Blair, Aaron; Decoufle, Pierre; Grauman, Dan
- Abstract
The article discusses the study that compared the specific causes of death in a small group of former laundry and dry cleaning workers against the experience of the general population in the U.S. During the data collection phase of the study, researchers obtained a limited set of mortality records for the period 1957-1977 from two union groups, the Laundry, Dry Cleaning and the Dye House Workers' International Union. In the study, the increased proportion of cancer deaths among laundry and dry cleaning workers suggest an elevated risk resulting from exposure to dry cleaning fluids.
- Subjects
UNITED States; OCCUPATIONAL mortality; DEATH rate; LAUNDRY workers; SERVICE industries workers; HAZARDOUS substances &; health; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; INDUSTRIAL safety; DRY cleaning industry; LAUNDRY industry
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1979, Vol 69, Issue 5, p508
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.69.5.508