|
Reference
|
Study Population
|
Exposed Cases
|
Estimated Relative Risk
|
|
|
Nonsubstantial
|
9
|
2.2 (1.2–6.3)
|
|
|
Substantial
|
1
|
3.1 (0.3–28.1)
|
|
Lymphopoietic Cancer
|
|
Cohort Studies
|
|
Mazumdar et al. 1975
|
Pennsylvania sheet and tin mill cohort
|
|
|
|
|
Jobs with exposure to acid baths (containing sulfuric, hydrochloric, or phosphoric acid)
|
|
|
|
|
Batch pickling and sheet dryers
|
0
|
—
|
|
Continuous pickling and electric cleaning
|
0
|
—
|
|
Stainless annealing, pickling, and processing
|
1
|
5.0 (0.13–27.85)b
|
|
Coating
|
0
|
—
|
|
Sheet finishing and shipping
|
0
|
—
|
|
Tin finishing and shipping
|
3
|
3.00 (0.62–8.77)b
|
|
Rapiti et al. 1997
|
Italian chemical-plant workers
|
|
|
|
|
Exposed to acid mixtures
|
2
|
1.87 (0.33–5.88)c
|
|
|
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
|
1
|
4.17 (0.04–19.70)c
|
|
|
Leukemia
|
1
|
1.79 (0.09–8.47)c
|
|
Multiple Myeloma
|
|
Case-Control Study
|
|
Morris et al. 1986
|
Residents of four US states
|
|
|
|
|
Self-respondents and proxies
|
20
|
1.0 (0.6–1.9)
|
|
|
Self-respondents only
|
19
|
1.5 (0.8–2.8)
|
|
Non-Cancer Health Outcomes
|
|
Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease (Mortality)
|
|
Cohort Study
|
|
Mazumdar et al. 1975
|
Pennsylvania sheet and tin mill cohort (≥5 years)
|
|
|
|
|
Jobs with exposure to acid baths (containing sulfuric, hydrochloric, or phosphoric acid)
|
|
|
|
|
Batch pickling and sheet dryers
|
12
|
2.55 (1.15–3.88)a (p<0.01)
|
|
Continuous pickling and electric cleaning
|
8 (vs 6.9)
|
1.17
|
|
Stainless annealing, pickling, and processing
|
16 (vs 14.0)
|
1.16
|
|
Coating
|
12
|
0.66 (0.35–1.20)a
|
|
Sheet finishing and shipping
|
98
|
1.07 (0.86–1.29)a
|
|
Tin finishing and shipping
|
26
|
1.08 (0.69–1.56)a
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