PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Schwartz, E
TI  - A proportionate mortality ratio analysis of pulp and paper mill workers in New Hampshire.
AID  - 10.1136/oem.45.4.234
DP  - 1988 Apr 01
TA  - British Journal of Industrial Medicine
PG  - 234--238
VI  - 45
IP  - 4
4099  - http://oem.bmj.com/content/45/4/234.short
4100  - http://oem.bmj.com/content/45/4/234.full
SO  - Br J Ind Med1988 Apr 01; 45
AB  - A proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) analysis of 1071 deaths in pulp and paper mill workers in New Hampshire during 1975-85 showed an increase in cancers of the digestive tract and lymphopoietic tissues. A similar analysis of deaths for 452 timber cutters and loggers failed to show excess PMRs for cancers of these sites. Despite methodological constraints, these results suggest that one or more of the exposures experienced by pulp and paper mill workers may pose a significant carcinogenic risk. More definitive epidemiological studies are required to determine particular high risk processes or specific aetiological agents.