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1411365

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
The effect of different summary measures of worklife exposure on the estimation of risk is reported. Two matched case-referent studies associating sulfuric acid exposure and cancer from Baton Rouge and southern Ontario were used. Five summary exposure measures were converted to discrete levels of exposure through the selection of equivalent percentile points on each measure's respective percentage frequency distribution for logistic regression modeling purposes. The southern Ontario data set exhibited only minor differences across all five exposure measures. The Baton Rouge data set, however, produced different results, and the time-dependent measures appeared to underestimate risk. It is possible, therefore, to obtain different estimates of risk depending on the exposure measure selected. It is recommended that, in the absence of proved models for assessing exposure, a variety of summary measures be used to estimate risk. This approach would facilitate the comparison of findings across studies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0355-3140
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
233-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Empirical assessment of the effect of different summary worklife exposure measures on the estimation of risk in case-referent studies of occupational cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Health Services Administration and Community Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article