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Appendix E: Details of Epidemiologic Studies on Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene
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From page 272...
... Appendix E Details of Epidemiologic Studies on Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene 272
From page 273...
... Blair et al. 2003 Cohort study of dry cleaners Exposure score for jobs based on published Exposure score assigned on basis of jobs Adjustment for age, sex, monitoring studies of dry-cleaning held (cleaners, high, score of 40; pressers, calendar time PCE used as solvent in dry cleaning industry; scores increased with proximity sewers, counter workers, score of 7; pickup workers, low, score of 0)
From page 274...
... PCE exposure for at least one job period (1+ year) , cumulative of TCE in ppm per Ever worked in tasks, occupations, or TCE, PCE job per year in job, peaks; assessment industries with TCE or PCE exposure semiquantitative for exposure to TCE, Renal-cell cancer PCE; qualitative for other occupational Cumulative exposure assessed with JEM exposures; confidence score (certain, (Pannet et al.
From page 275...
... ; preconception period, duration of pregnancy; 1st, 2nd, 3nd trimester of pregnancy; period from time of birth to case diagnosis De Roos et al. 2001 Case-control (cases identified from Self-reported occupational exposures to Self-reported parental exposure to five Adjustment for child's hospitals participating in two solvents obtained by telephone interview; categories of chemicals (halogenated age, maternal race, pediatric collaborative clinical trials)
From page 276...
... asked; expert committee (occupational Cumulative exposure score: sum of exposure physicians, epidemiologists, industrial scores for each employment Systemic sclerosis hygienists) assessed exposure Exposure score: probability x intensity x frequency x duration; probability of exposure: 0 = nonexposure, 0.25 = possible exposure, 0.75 = probable exposure, 1 = certain exposure; intensity of exposure: 0 for nonexposure to 1 for highest level of exposure; length of time worked daily: <10% = 0.05, 10-50% = 0.30, >50% = 0.75; number of years worked Fabbro-Peray et al.
From page 277...
... Population-based case-control Maternal occupational exposures to Jobs held during 2 years before, during Adjustment for age, 2005 solvents before and during pregnancy pregnancy coded as "possible," "probable," education Quebec, Canada estimated by coding by job for specific "definite"; level assigned (low = 1, medium contaminants (also called expert method) ; = 2, high = 3)
From page 278...
... solvents, five specific categories of Occupational solvent use in chemical classes, eight individual manufacturing industries or chemicals; occupational history agriculture questionnaires Lymphoma Morgan and Cohort study of residents with Residence in census tracts near Redlands, None (SIRs -- indirect standardization) Cassady 2002 contaminated drinking water CA (where concerns about contamination of groundwater, drinking water with TCE, San Bernardino County, CA (13 ammonium perchlorate; 1980 assessment census tracts)
From page 279...
... , calendar Force Base I, Utah; semiquantitative period of use, years of exposure; categorized TCE, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, estimate of TCE exposure obtained from into tertiles methylene chloride, carbon comprehensive exposure assessment; tetrachloride, cumulative exposure score computed for JP4 gasoline, Freon, each subject isopropyl alcohol, acetone, toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, o-dichlorobenzene, PCE, chloroform, stoddard solvent, styrene, xylene End-stage renal disease (Continued)
From page 280...
... 2002 Cross-sectional; residents above dry- Apartment residents above dry cleaner; air Personal monitoring of PCE with passive cleaning shops, day-care workers sampling of PCE in apartments; day-care monitors (3M organic vapor monitors) for sharing building with dry cleaner workers sharing building with dry cleaner exposed persons compared with NY State Department of Health controls, matched by age Creatinine-adjusted urinary PCE, (within 2 years)
From page 281...
... or next of kin distribution among exposed controls: at least PCE from inner vinyl liner leaching 50th percentile, over 50th percentile, over Adjustment for age at from cement pipes distributing tap 75th percentile, over 90th percentile; ever vs diagnosis or index year, water never exposed family history of breast cancer, personal history Breast cancer Inhalation exposure: function of of breast cancer, age at temperature, frequency, duration of baths, first live birth or showers, concentration of PCE volatilized in stillbirth, occupational air from water exposure to PCE Dermal absorption: function of surface area, Fick's law Ingestion: function of volume of tap water consumed Yauck et al. 2004 Case-control GIS used to calculate distances between Proximity measure using classification-tree Milwaukee,WI maternal residence, TCE sites; method: distance from maternal residence to classification tree analysis used to TCE-emitting facility dichotomized into TCE-emitting sites in Milwaukee, determine distance for dichotomizing exposed (residence within 1.32 miles of at surrounding areas, 1996-1999 exposure: within or outside 1.32 miles of at least one site)
From page 282...
... Environmental Protection Agency, GIS = geographic information system, ILO = International Labor Organization, IOM = Institute of Medicine, JEB = job-exposure matrix, LMP = last menstrual period, OR = odds ratio, PAH = polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, PCE = perchloroethylene, PDD = personal delivered dose, RDD = relative delivered dose, RR = relative risk, SES = socioeconomic status, SIR = standardized incidence ratio, SMR = standardized mortality ratio, SSFL = Santa Susana Field Laboratory, TCE = trichloroethylene
From page 283...
... 2006 Male workers at rocket-engine testing facility 4 1.25 (0.34-3.21) SMR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Raaschou-Nielsen et al.
From page 284...
... COLON CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 327d 0.86 (99%CI 0.74-0.99) SIR Raaschou-Nielsen et al.
From page 285...
... SIR Sung et al. 2007 Female electronics workers in Taoyuan, Taiwan 98d 1.10 (0.89-1.34)
From page 286...
... HEPATIC CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 28f 1.29 (99%CI 0.74-2.05) SIR Raaschou-Nielsen et al.
From page 287...
... 2006 Male workers at rocket-engine testing facility 2 1.45 (0.18-5.25) SMR LUNG CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Hansen et al.
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... SIR Sung et al. 2007 Female electronics workers in Taoyuan, Taiwan 46h 0.92 (0.67-1.23)
From page 289...
... SIR Cohort Study -- Mortality Chang et al. 2003 Electronics-manufacturing workers in Taiwan exposed to TCE, PCE: Men 0 -- Women 0 -- BREAST CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 536 1.09 (99%CI 0.97-1.21)
From page 290...
... SMR PCE (women) Employed <1 year 14 0.84 SMR Employed 1-5 years 6 0.89 SMR Employed >5 years 1 0.34 SMR UTERINE CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 124 1.35 (99%CI 1.06-1.70)
From page 291...
... SMR PCE (women) : Employed <1 year 1 0.18 SMR Employed 1-5 years 3 1.36 SMR Employed >5 years 3 3.45 SMR PROSTATIC CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 483 1.11 (99%CI 0.98-1.25)
From page 292...
... 2006 Male workers at rocket-engine testing facility 0l 0 (0.00-8.53) SMR RENAL CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 54 0.80 (99%CI 0.54-1.12)
From page 293...
... 2006 Male workers at rocket-engine testing facility 7 2.22 (0.89-4.57) SMR Case-Control Studies Brüning et al.
From page 294...
... 2006 Male workers at rocket-engine testing facility 5n 1.66 (0.54-3.87) SMR SKIN MELANOMAS Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 137 1.42 (99%CI 1.13-1.77)
From page 295...
... 2001a Danish workers: Men 1 0.4 (0.01-2.1) SIR Women 0 -- Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 37 1.54 (99%CI 0.96-2.31)
From page 296...
... 2006 Male workers at rocket-engine testing facility 3 0.81 (0.17-2.36) SMR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CANCER IN CHILDREN Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 6 1.05 (99%CI 0.24-2.70)
From page 297...
... 2006 Male workers at rocket-engine testing facility 1 0.21 (0.01-1.18) SMR Case-Control Studies Miligi et al.
From page 298...
... HODGKIN DISEASE Cohort Studies -- Incidence Hansen et al. 2001a Danish workers: Men 0 -- Women 0 -- Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 17 0.93 (99%CI 0.44-1.67)
From page 299...
... 2006 Male workers at rocket-engine testing facility 5q 1.08 (0.35-2.53) SMR CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA Cohort Studies -- Mortality Boice et al.
From page 300...
... CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 10 1.09 (99%CI 0.38-2.31) SIR Case-Control Studies Costas et al.
From page 301...
... Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval, MOR = mortality odds ratio, OR = odds ratio, SIR = standardized incidence ratio, SMR = standardized mortality ratio.
From page 302...
... High final cumulative exposure (men and women)
From page 303...
... symptoms (according to Unified Parkinson's Mean duration: 27 yr Disease Rating Scale) ; asymptomatic group had Median duration: 28 yr significantly slower fine motor movement than control group (P< 0.0001)
From page 304...
... BUCCAL CAVITY, PHARYNGEAL CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Chang et al. 2005 Electronics-manufacturing workers in Taiwan exposed to TCE, PCE: Men 19 0.55 (0.33-0.86)
From page 305...
... 2 2.50 SMR HEPATIC CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 28c 1.29 (99%CI 0.74-2.05) SIR Cohort Studies -- Mortality Blair et al.
From page 306...
... 2003 Electronics-manufacturing workers in Taiwan exposed to TCE, PCE: Men 0 -- Women 0 -- LUNG CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 356d 0.71 (99%CI 0.61-0.81) SIR Chang et al.
From page 307...
... 2003 Electronics-manufacturing workers in Taiwan exposed to TCE, PCE: Men 0 -- Women 0 -- BREAST CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 536 1.09 (99%CI 0.97-1.21) SIR (women only)
From page 308...
... OR CERVICAL CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 29 0.65 (99%CI 0.38-1.02)
From page 309...
... RR UTERINE CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 124 1.35 (99%CI 1.06-1.70) SIR Chang et al.
From page 310...
... RENAL CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 54 0.80 (99%CI 0.54-1.12) SIR Chang et al.
From page 311...
... 2003 Electronics-manufacturing workers in Taiwan exposed to TCE, PCE: Men 0 -- Women 0 -- CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CANCER Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 37 1.54 (99%CI 0.96-2.31) SIR Chang et al.
From page 312...
... OR >9.1 to ≤78.8 ppm-year 1 1.5 (0.2-12.5) OR >78.8 ppm-year 1 -- HODGKIN DIESASE Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE via drinking water 17 0.93 (99%CI 0.44-1.67)
From page 313...
... 2007 Cases with occupational exposure in Germany: >0 to ≤ 9.1 ppm-year 3 1.8 (0.5-6.7) OR >9.1 to ≤78.8 ppm-year 0 -- >78.8 ppm-year 0 -- LEUKEMIA Cohort Studies -- Incidence Morgan and Cassady 2002 Redlands, CA, community exposed to TCE, PCE in drinking water 77k 1.02 (99%CI 0.74-1.35)
From page 314...
... 2007 Cases with occupational exposure in Germany: >0 to ≤ 9.1 ppm-year 1 -- Costas et al. 2002 Cases in Woburn, MA (drinking water contaminated with TCE, PCE, other chemicals)
From page 315...
... k All leukemias. Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval, MOR = mortality odds ratio, OR = odds ratio, PCE = perchloroethylene, RR = relative risk, SIR = standardized incidence ratio, SMR = standardized mortality ratio, TCE = trichloroethylene.
From page 316...
... last menstrual period Exposure entire pregnancy, at least 1 year before last 61 1.1 (90% CI 0.9-1.4) menstrual period All births 622 1.2 (90% CI 1.0-1.3)
From page 317...
... OR Abbreviations: ADD = attention deficit disorder, CI = confidence interval, HD = hyperactivity disorder, OR = odds ratio, PCE = perchloroethylene.
From page 318...
... TABLE E-5b Visual Contrast Sensitivity and Visual Acuity 318 Reference Population Exposure, Duration Effects Schreiber et al. Apartment residents above dry cleaner Mean, 778 µg/m3 Visual contrast sensitivity trend in Lanthony D15-d; no change 2002 Median, 350 µg/m3 in visual acuity Mean residence, 5.8 years Lifetime dose, 3,400 µg/m3 Day-care workers sharing building with Mean, 2,150 µg/m3 Visual contrast sensitivity; no change in visual acuity dry cleaner Median, 2,150 µg/m3 Mean work, 4.0 years Lifetime dose, 1,978 µg/m3


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