Healthy worker effects explain differences in internal and external comparisons in a rubber industry cohort study
| Autor: | William Mueller, Martie van Tongeren, Andrew Darnton, Damien McElvenny, Raymond M Agius, Frank de Vocht, Peter Ritchie, John W. Cherrie, Mira Hidajat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Nitrosamines Epidemiology Physiology HWE complex mixtures Occupational safety and health Cohort Studies Natural rubber healthy worker effect Neoplasms otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine cohort study Humans Healthy Worker Effect business.industry technology industry and agriculture Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cancer Dust medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases body regions Occupational Diseases Increased risk visual_art Cohort visual_art.visual_art_medium Haematopoietic tissue Rubber business Cohort study Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Hidajat, M, McElvenny, D M, Ritchie, P, Darnton, A, Mueller, W, Van Tongeren, M, Agius, R M, Cherrie, J W & De Vocht, F 2019, ' Healthy worker effects explain differences in internal and external comparisons in a rubber industry cohort study ', Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 76, no. 10, oemed-2019-106083, pp. 781 . https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2019-106083 |
| ISSN: | 1470-7926 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/oemed-2019-106083 |
| Popis: | In his letter, Professor Sorahan1 poses an important question about our paper,2 namely, whether the results indicate that occupational exposures to agents such as rubber dust, rubber fumes and nitrosamines in the rubber industry are associated with increased risk of mortality from cancers of the bladder, lung, stomach, oesophagus, prostate, larynx, brain, pancreas, liver, and lymphatic and haematopoietic tissue. Sorahan argues that causation does not seem to be warranted since results from … |
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