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Reference |
Description |
Study Group (N) |
Comparison Group (N) |
Exposure Assessment and Other Relevant Exposures |
Analysis and Adjustment for Potential Confounders |
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Boice et al., 1999 |
Mortality experience (1960–1996) of aircraft-manufacturing workers (at least 1 year) Lockheed Martin facility in California |
77,965 total 62,477 men 15,488 women |
General California population of white workers |
Abstracted from walkthrough surveys, hygiene files, job descriptions |
SMR, RR (Poisson) Age, sex, race, dates of first and last employment |
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Other exposures: tetrachloroethylene, solvents |
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Other Cohort Studies |
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Axelson et al., 1978 |
Mortality experience (1955–1975) of Swedish men occupationally exposed during the 1950s and 1960s |
518 |
Sweden general population |
Biologic monitoring for U-TCA |
RR Age |
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Axelson et al., 1994 |
Mortality experience (1955–1986) of Swedish workers occupationally exposed during the 1950s and 1960s |
1670 total 1421 men 249 women |
Sweden general population |
Biologic monitoring for U-TCA |
SMR, SIR (Poisson) Age, sex, time period |
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Anttila et al., 1995 |
Incidence experience (1967–1992) of workers biologically monitored for occupational exposure to halogenated solvents (1965–1983) at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health |
3974 total 2050 men 1924 women |
Finland general population |
Biologic monitoring for U-TCA, and blood metabolites of tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethane |
SIR Age, sex, time period |
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Other exposures: trichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene |
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Ritz, 1999 |
Mortality experience (1951–1989) of male uranium-processing plant workers (at least 3 years, with first hire in 1951–1972) in Ohio |
3814 |
(1) External comparison with US general population (2) Internal comparison among workers monitored for exposure |
Exposure matrixes generated by employees and industrial hygienists |
SMR, RR (conditional logistic regression) Age, calendar year, time since first hired, pay type, radiation dose |