Journal article
Proportionate mortality study of golf course superintendents
American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.29(5), pp.501-506
05/1996
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199605)29:5<501::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-O
PMID: 8732923
Abstract
A proportionate mortality study of a cohort of golf course superintendents was conducted using death certificates for 686 deceased members of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America who died from 1970 to 1992. White males were included in the study population from all 50 states. The study objective was to compare mortality from this cohort to the general U.S. white male population. The proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) for all types of cancer was 136 (CI: 121, 152). Significant excess mortality from smoking- related diseases was observed. The PMR for arteriosclerotic heart disease was 140, which was significantly elevated (CI: 127, 155). In addition, the PMR for all respiratory diseases was 176 (CI: 93, 148). Mortality for four cancer types-brain, lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, NHL), prostate, and large intestine-occurred at elevated levels within this cohort:brain cancer PMR = 234 (CI: 121, 454) non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) PMR = 237 (CI: 137, 410), prostate cancer PMR = 293 (CI: 187, 460), and large intestine cancer PMR = 175 (CI: 125, 245). The PMR for diseases of the nervous system was 202 (CI: 123, 333). A similar pattern of elevated NHL, brain, and prostate cancer mortality along with excess deaths from diseases of the nervous system has been noted among other occupational cohorts exposed to pesticides.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Proportionate mortality study of golf course superintendents
- Creators
- Burton C. Kross - University of IowaLeon F. Burmeister - University of IowaLinda K. Ogilvie - University of IowaLaurence J. Fuortes - University of IowaChun Mei Fu - Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.29(5), pp.501-506
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
- DOI
- 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199605)29:5<501::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-O
- PMID
- 8732923
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
- eISSN
- 1097-0274
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1996
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984364399802771
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