A mortality cohort study was carried out on 11,224 men with pneumoconiosis diagnosed during the period 1970-1 985. The cohort was selected from among subjects entered into the National Register of Occupational Diseases and included 7,065 coal miners, 924 employees of underground work enterprises, 1,
Bayesian Testing of Relative Mortality, with Application to Occupational Cohort Studies
β Scribed by Paolo Giudici; Paolo Crosignani
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 452 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0323-3847
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