Meta-analysis of standard mortality ratio in cotton textile workers

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作者：
Wen-lin Su
Yeong-hwang Chen
Saou-hsing Liou
Chin-pyng Wu
机构：
[1] Division of Pulmonary Medicine,Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, National Health Research Institutes, Nei
[2] Department of Medicine,Hu
[3] Department of Medicine,undefined
[4] Tri-Service General Hospital,undefined
[5] No,undefined
[6] Department of Family Medicine,undefined
[7] Tri-Service General Hospital,undefined
[8] School of Public Health,undefined
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European Journal of Epidemiology | 2004年 / 19卷
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Cotton textile worker; Healthy-worker effect; Meta-analysis; Standard mortality ratio;
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Background: Pulmonary function tests may reveal obstructive lung disease with altered forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) in cotton textile workers. Since 1930, many cohort studies have been performed to assess the disease mortality rate in cotton textile workers. Materials and methods: The authors performed a meta-analysis of the SMR results of these studies. Results: From the meta-analysis, the SMRs were as follows: for all deaths, 0.792 in males and 0.873 in females; for cancers, 0.705 in males and 0.829 in females. Discussion: The male cotton textile workers were healthier than the general population. The healthy-worker effect may be one of the causes, in general workers in industry have a better mortality patterns than those not working.
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