%0 Journal Article %T Eight-year follow-up of viscose rayon workers exposed to carbon disulfide. %A Hernberg, Sven %A Tolonen, Matti %A Nurminen, Markku %J Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health %D 1976 %8 March 2 %N 1 %@ 0355-3140 %F Hernberg1976 %X

An 8-year follow-up of workers exposed for at least 5 years to carbon disulfide showed an excess of deaths due to coronary heart disease in reference to a comparison cohort. However, after effective preventive measures, e.g., leaving only 19% of the original group exposed and reducing the level of exposure to less than 10 ppm, had been undertaken after the 5th year of follow-up, coronary mortality decreased and no excess mortality during the last 3 years of follow-up occurred. These results, although only suggestive -- due to the small number of deaths and the short time of follow-up after the intervention -- seem promising from the point of view of improving the prognosis of workers who have already accumulated an excess risk for coronary death.

%K carbon disulfide %K coronary heart disease %K follow up %K follow-up study %K intervention %K viscose rayon worker %R 10.5271/sjweh.2824 %U https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=2824 %U https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.2824 %P 27-30