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Theme
Organizations
Description of project
Years
Number of records or individuals for the cohort
Main investigator(s)
Project coordination
Project numbers
Publications
Theme
Occupation – Dow Chemical Workers
Organization(s)
Dow Chemical Canada Limiteda,b
The Dow Chemical Companyc
Description of project
The purpose of this study was to investigate the mortality and cancer incidence patterns of employees of Dow Chemical manufacturing sites. An alive follow-up was also carried out. The first study looked at Sarnia, Ontario employees, and an update expanded the cohort to include workers at Sarnia and Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.
Years
Death years:
1950
– 1984a,b
1950
– 1999c
Cancer years: 1969 – 1999c
Number of records or individuals for the cohort
4,099 (both sexes)a,b – 3,475 men; 624 women from Sarnia
6,578 (both sexes)c – 5,277 men; 1,301 women from Sarnia and Fort Saskatchewan
Main investigator(s)
Dr. R. Egedahland Dr. G. Olsen,a,b Dow Chemical Canada Limited
Dr.Carol Burns,c Dow Chemical Canada Limited
Project coordination
Elizabeth Coppock,a Maureen Carpenterb and Bryan Lafrancec Occupational and Environmental Health Research Section, Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
Project number(s)
1985-022;a 1987-027;b 2002-002c
Publications
Egedahl RD , Olsen GW, Coppock E, Young ML, Arnold IMF. An historical prospective mortality study of the Sarnia division of Dow Chemical Canada, Inc. Sarnia , Ontario (1950-1984). Canadian Journal of Public Health 1989; 80(6): 441-446.
Egedahl RD , Olsen GW, Coppock E, Young ML, Arnold IMF. Utilization of the Canadian Mortality Data Base for follow-up of a cohort of Sarnia , Ontario chemical workers. In: Carpenter M, Fair ME, editors. Proceedingsof the Record Linkage Sessions and Workshop: Canadian Epidemiology Research Conference; 1989 August 30-31; Ottawa. Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Section; 1990. p. 71-79.
Burns CJ, Harrison KF, Jammer BL, Zuccarini D, Lafrance B. A cancer incidence and mortality study of Dow Chemical Canada, Inc. manufacturing sites. Occupational Medicine ( London ) 2005 55(8): 618-624.
