BMC Public Health. 2023 Aug 2;23(1):1473. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16325-z.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: We aimed to examine the lymphohematopoietic cancer mortality in a cohort of workers at a semiconductor manufacturing company in South Korea according to their jobs.
METHODS: A retrospective cohort was constructed using the personnel records of semiconductor manufacturing workers who were employed in a semiconductor company in South Korea in 1998-2012. Data on their vital status and causes of death were obtained from the National Statistical Office of South Korea. The standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) of lymphohematopoietic cancer were calculated.
RESULTS: A total of 288 deaths were reported, of which 22 were caused by lymphohematopoietic cancer, among 65,782 workers in 878,325 person-years. The SMRs for lymphohematopoietic cancer were 0.78 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.39-1.40; the number of observed cases [Obs] = 11) among male workers and 1.71 (95% CI = 0.85-3.06; Obs = 11) among female workers. Among female operators, excess deaths due to lymphohematopoietic cancer (SMR = 2.59, 95% CI = 1.24-4.76) and leukemia (SMR = 2.92, 95% CI = 1.26-5.76) were observed. However, they were not observed among office workers, facility managers, utility managers, or process managers.
CONCLUSION: Female operators involved in the semiconductor wafer fabrication process had higher risk of mortality from lymphohematopoietic cancer.
PMID:37533044 | DOI:10.1186/s12889-023-16325-z
