This report presents the results of proportionate mortality ratios (PMR) and proportionate cancer mortality ratios (PCMR) among 15,843 members of the International Union of Operating Engineers who had died between 1988-1993. Operating engineers represent one of the 15 unions in the Building and Cons
Proportionate mortality among unionized construction ironworkers
โ Scribed by Frank B. Stern; Marie Haring Sweeney; Elizabeth Ward
- Book ID
- 101240397
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 73 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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โฆ Synopsis
This report presents the results of proportionate mortality ratios (PMR) and proportionate cancer mortality ratios (PCMR) among 13,301 members of the International Union of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Ironworkers who had been members for a minimum of 1 year, were actively paying dues into the death beneficiary fund, and had died between 1984-1991. Using the United States proportionate mortality rates as the comparison population, statistically significant elevated risks, using 95% confidence intervals (CI), were observed for several types of injuries:
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