The proportion of aluminum manufacturing and casting industry workers represented in the overall morbidity statistics for bronchial and pulmonary carcinoma in the Sibenik area
Odak, L.; Borić, Z.
Arhiv Za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju 37(3): 353-358
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1254 PMID: 3619662 Document Number: 276229
The incidence of primary malignant tumours of the bronchi and lungs has been studied with special reference to the way of establishing diagnosis and duration of symptoms. There has been no firm evidence in the available literature that work in the aluminium industry might be an occupational risk factor for developing bronchial carcinoma. Nevertheless, all the factors present in other smelting works are present in aluminium production too. Therefore it proved interesting to determine the proportion of aluminium production workers in the overall incidence of bronchial carcinoma in this area. The starting point was the fact that aluminium workers had significantly higher morbidity rates from chronic non-specific broncho-pulmonary diseases which, as chronic irritants, might act as provocation factors. The proportion of these workers in the overall morbidity rate from pulmonary malignant diseases has not bee established as significant in this study.