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Occup Environ Med 59:248-256 doi:10.1136/oem.59.4.248
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Updated epidemiological study of workers at two California petroleum refineries, 1950–95

Table 5

Lymphatic and haematopoietic tissue cancers by cell type and period of hire, men only, Richmond and El Segundo refineries, 1950–95

Richmond El Segundo Combined
<1949 ≥1949 Total <1949 ≥1949 Total <1949 ≥1949 Total
Acute lymphatic leukaemia (ALL, ICD-8 204.0):
    Observed 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 4
    Expected 1.16 0.68 1.83 0.64 0.41 1.02 1.79 1.07 2.86
    SMR 0 294.9 109 312.5 0 195.4 111.6 187.7 140.0
    95% CI 0 to 316.2 33 to 1061.9 12.3 to 394.6 35 to 1128.3 0 to 894.6 22.0 to 707.9 12.6 to 403.4 21.0 to 674.9 37.2 to 358.1
Chronic lymphatic leukaemia (CLL, ICD-8 204.1):
    Observed 6 0 6 3 0 3 9 0 9
    Expected 4.83 1.34 6.16 2.73 0.85 3.47 7.54 2.12 9.66
    SMR 124.3 0 97.3 110 0 86.5 119.3 0 93.1
    95% CI 45.4 to 270.4 0 to 431.5 35.6 to 202.0 22.1 to 321.1 0 to 431.5 17.4 to 252.6 54.5 to 226.6 0 to 173.0 42.5 to 176.9
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML, ICD-8 205.0):
    Observed 9 2 11 5 1 6 14 3 17
    Expected 6.27 3.31 9.57 3.43 2.04 5.37 9.68 5.24 14.92
    SMR 143.6 60.5 114.9 145.7 29 111.7 144.6 57.3 114.0
    95% CI 65.5 to 272.5 6.8 to 218.2 57.3 to 205.7 47.0 to 340.2 0.6 to 272.7 40.8 to 243.2 79.0 to 242.7 11.5 to 167.3 66.3 to 182.4
Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML, ICD-8 205.1):
    Observed 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 3
    Expected 2.79 1.51 4.3 1.54 0.93 2.42 4.31 2.4 6.71
    SMR 71.7 0 46.5 65.1 0 41.3 69.5 0 44.7
    95% CI 8.1 to 258.8 0 to 242.9 5.2 to 167.9 0.9 to 361.3 0 to 394.4 0.5 to 229.9 14.0 to 203.4 0 to 152.8 9.9 to 130.6
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL, ICD-8 200, 202):
    Observed 26 4 30 6 5 11 32 9 41
    Expected 17.14 8.12 25.26 9.38 5.05 14.17 26.47 12.87 39.34
    SMR 151.7 49.3 118.8 64 99.1 77.6 120.9 69.9 104.2
    95% CI 99.1 to 222.3 13.3 to 126.1 80.1 to 169.6 23.4 to 139.2 31.9 to 231.1 38.8 to 139.4 82.7 to 170.7 31.9 to 132.8 74.8 to 141.4
Multiple myeloma (MM, ICD-8 203):
    Observed 15 5 20 7 2 9 22 7 29
    Expected 8.67 3.02 11.68 4.79 1.91 6.55 13.43 4.79 18.22
    SMR 173.1 165.6 171.2 146.1 104.9 137.4 163.8 146.1 159.2
    95% CI 96.8 to 285.4 53.4 to 386.4 104.6 to 264.5 58.6 to 301.1 11.8 to 378.1 62.7 to 260.9 102.6 to 248.0 58.6 to 301.1 106.7 to 228.9

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