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Reference
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Description
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Study Group (N)
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Comparison Group (N)
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Exposure Assessment and Other Relevant Exposures
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Analysis and Adjustment for Potential Confounders
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Benzene
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NIOSH Pliofilm Cohort
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Infante et al., 1977
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Mortality experience (1940–1975) of white male Pliofilm workers (at least 1 day in 1940–1949) at three Goodyear facilities in Ohio
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748
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(1) US white male population
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Employment in a benzene-exposed occupation as verified through historical air exposure measurements
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SMR
Age, time period
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(2) 1447 white, male fibrous-glass construction workers in Ohio
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Rinsky et al., 1981
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Mortality experience (1940–1975) of
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US white male population
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Employment in a benzene-exposed occupation as verified through historical air exposure measurements
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SMR
Age, sex, time period
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(1) the original cohort and
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(1) 748
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(2) a second group of white male Pliofilm workers (at least 1 day in 1950–1959)
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(2) 258
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at three Goodyear facilities in Ohio
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Rinsky et al., 1987
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Mortality experience (1940–1981) of white male Pliofilm workers (at least 1 day in 1940–1965) at three Goodyear facilities in Ohio
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1165
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US white male population
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Employment in a benzene-exposed occupation as verified through historical air exposure measurements, with cumulative exposure indexes
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SMR
Age, time period
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Paxton et al., 1994a, 1996
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Mortality experience (1940–1987) of white male Pliofilm workers (at least 1 day in 1940–1965) at three Goodyear facilities in Ohio
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1212
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US white male population
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Employment in a benzene-exposed occupation as verified through modified historical air exposure measurements, with cumulative exposure indexes
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SMR
Age, time period
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Paxton et al., 1994b
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Mortality experience (1940–1987) of white male Pliofilm workers (at least 1 day in 1940–1965) at three Goodyear facilities in Ohio
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1868
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US white male population
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Employment in a benzene-exposed occupation as verified through modified historical air exposure measurements, with cumulative exposure indexes
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SMR, Cox proportional hazards model
Age, sex, location, time of first Pliofilm employment
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