Retrospective Cohort Mortality Study of Workers Engaged in Motion Picture Film Processing

Objective: To assess potential health risks associated with work in a large motion picture film-processing facility. Methods: A retrospective cohort mortality study was conducted during 1960-2000 among 2646 film workers. Job family categories, created from detailed employee work history information,...

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Published in:Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2005-03, Vol.47 (3), p.278-286
Main Authors: Fryzek, Jon P., Chadda, Bandana K., Cohen, Sarah S., Marano, Donald, White, Kenneth, Steinwandel, Mark, McLaughlin, Joseph K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - mortality
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Cohort Studies
Female
Hazardous Substances
Humans
Image processing systems
Industry
Job Description
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Mortality
Motion picture industry
Motion Pictures
Occupational Exposure
Occupational hazards
Occupational medicine
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Retrospective Studies
Studies
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Objective: To assess potential health risks associated with work in a large motion picture film-processing facility. Methods: A retrospective cohort mortality study was conducted during 1960-2000 among 2646 film workers. Job family categories, created from detailed employee work history information, were used to evaluate chemical exposure patterns. Results: Overall mortality was as expected (standardized mortality ratio [SMR] = 1.1; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.0–1.2). Statistically significant associations were found for suicides (SMR = 2.0; 95 % CI = 1.2–3.0) among the hourly workers and AIDS (SMR = 5.3; 95% CI = 1.7–12.3) among the administrative workers. Film developers had increases of respiratory cancer (SMR = 1.9; 95% CI = 1.1-3.0) and suicides (SMR = 2.4; 95% CI = 1.0-4.7), whereas film assemblers had an increase in suicides (SMR = 2.4; 95% CI = 1.2–4.4) only. Conclusions: Excess deaths resulting from suicides and AIDS among the workforce suggest that nonoccupational influences may be involved in the mortality of this cohort and warrant further investigations.
ISSN:1076-2752
1536-5948
DOI:10.1097/01.jom.0000155712.22617.42