Morgan R W, Claxton K W, Divine B J, Kaplan S D, Harris V B
J Occup Med. 1981 Nov;23(11):767-70. doi: 10.1097/00043764-198111000-00011.
Because of reports linking an increased risk of leukemia with exposure to ethylene oxide, a mortality study of workers with potential exposure to ethylene oxide at the Texaco Chemical Company Plant in Port Neches, Tex., was undertaken. A total of 767 males with potential exposure to ethylene oxide were identified. Forty-six deaths occurred in this cohort with 80 expected (standardized mortality ratio; SMR = 58). No deaths from leukemia were seen, nor were there any statistically significant excesses from any specific causes of death.
