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Proportionate mortality among unionized construction operating engineers

✍ Scribed by Frank Stern; Marie Haring-Sweeney

Book ID: 101239188
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 84 KB
Volume: 32
Category: Article
ISSN: 0271-3586
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199707)32:1<51::aid-ajim7>3.0.co;2-u

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✦ Synopsis

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 Construction Trades Department and are responsible for the operation and maintenance of heavy earthmoving equipment used in the construction of buildings, bridges, roads, and other facilities. Using U.S. proportionate cancer mortality as the referent, statistically significant elevated mortality was observed for cancers of the lung (

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