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1Centre for Chemical Workers' Health, Department of Health, Hamburg, Germany.
Lancet (London, England)
|October 19, 1991
Resumen
Este estudio siguió a los trabajadores de plantas de herbicidas expuestos a la dioxina (2,3,7,8-tetraclorodibenzo-p-dioxina o TCDD). Los resultados indican que la exposición a TCDD está relacionada con un aumento de la mortalidad por cáncer en los hombres y el cáncer de mama en las mujeres, lo que respalda su carcinogenicidad.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud ocupacional y salud en el trabajo.
- Toxicología Toxicología.
- Epidemiología La epidemiología.
Sus antecedentes:
- La dioxina (2,3,7,8-tetraclorodibenzo-p-dioxina o TCDD) es un contaminante en la producción de herbicidas.
- Se sabe que el TCDD causa cloracne, pero su carcinogenicidad humana sigue siendo objeto de debate.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar los patrones de mortalidad de los trabajadores expuestos a TCDD en una planta alemana de producción de herbicidas.
- Evaluar la asociación entre la exposición a TCDD y la mortalidad por cáncer en esta cohorte.
Principales métodos:
- Un estudio de seguimiento de la mortalidad de 1583 trabajadores (1952-1984) con estado vital determinado hasta 1989.
- Cálculo de las tasas de mortalidad estandarizadas (SMR) para el cáncer total y cánceres específicos, en comparación con las estadísticas nacionales y una cohorte de trabajadores del gas.
- Análisis estratificado por duración del empleo, fecha de inicio y niveles sospechosos de exposición a TCDD.
Principales resultados:
- La mortalidad general por cáncer fue elevada en los hombres (SMR 1.24-1.39).
- Se observó un aumento de la mortalidad por cáncer en hombres con larga duración de empleo, fechas de inicio tempranas y alta exposición a TCDD.
- Se observó una elevada mortalidad por cáncer de mama en las mujeres (SRM = 2.15), aunque el riesgo general de cáncer no aumentó.
Conclusiones:
- Los hallazgos apoyan la hipótesis de que el TCDD es un carcinógeno humano.
- La exposición ocupacional al TCDD en la producción de herbicidas se asocia con un mayor riesgo de cáncer en los hombres y cáncer de mama en las mujeres.
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