| ID (ISN) del documento | 29731 |
| Número CIS |
78-1465 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Año |
1978 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Collins J.F., Redmond C.K. |
| Título |
The use of retirees to evaluate occupational hazards (I)- Comparison of cause specific mortality by work area (II). |
| Información bibliográfica |
Sep. 1976, Vol.18, No.9, p.595-602; Apr. 1978, Vol.20, No.4, p.260-266. 41 ref. |
| Resumen |
Part I discussed the reasons for using a retiree population for occupational mortality studies rather than a total working cohort and compared the results of mortality studies among the total cohort of workers and retirees in 3 work areas of the steel industry. Major findings were: retiree studies detect occupational hazards such as respiratory cancer and non-malignant respiratory diseases; they do not indicate significant excess deaths from certain diseases occurring at a younger age; there was a larger difference between estimates based on retirees and on the total cohort than between all men aged over 65 years (65+) and the total cohort. Part II makes this comparison for blast furnace workers, janitors, and coke plant workers. Results: as a whole, retirees had lower, and 65+ workers higher, mortality rates than the general population; mortality patterns and relative risks for all disease categories considered were similar in 65+ and retired workers; study of retirees in the coke plant detected the lung cancer hazard. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
mortalidad; jubilados; encuesta epidemiológica; valoración del riesgo |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
enfermedades profesionales; riesgos para la salud; estudio comparado; siderurgia; coquerías |
| Tipo de documento |
- |
| Tema(s) |
Medicina del trabajo, higiene, primeros auxilios
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Risk evaluation
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