Mortality among sulfide ore miners

• Published in: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Main Authors: Ahlman, Kaj, Koskela, Riitta‐Sisko, Kuikka, Pertti, Koponen, Matti, Annanmäki, Martti
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1991
• Subjects: Copper Mine; karelian
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.4700190505; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajim.4700190505; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajim.4700190505

Abstract Lung cancer mortality was studied during 1965‐1985 in Outokumpu township in North Karelia, where an old copper mine was located. Age‐specific lung cancer death rates (1968‐1985) were higher among the male population of Outokumpu than among the North Karelian male population of the same age...