Comparison of standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) obtained from use of reference populations based on a company-wide registry cohort to SMRs calculated against local and national rates

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 166, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 317-322

  Leonard, Robin C ^a   Kreckmann, Kim H ^a   Lineker, George A ^b   Marsh, Gary ^c   Buchanich, Jeanine ^c   Youk, Ada ^c  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b Peccavis Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroprene; Healthy worker effect; Occupational epidemiology; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPRENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CHLOROPRENE; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; LOUISIANA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33947174132     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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