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Table 6 Characteristics of cohort studies of other occupational exposures

From: Association between occupational exposures and sarcoma incidence and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

Author/year

Country

Employment

Gender/age

Study cohort

Reference cohort

Polednak et al., 1978 [66]

US

1915–1929

Female

634 employees, who worked in the US radium dial-painting industry

US white female population

Teta et al., 1988 [67]

US

1946–1981

Male

846 employees of a research, engineering, and metal fabrication facility

US white male population and the white male population of Niagara and Erie counties in New York state

Wiggs et al., 1994 [68]

US

1943–1977

Male

15,727 white employees

US white male population

Rix et al., 1998 [69]

Denmark

1943–1993

Female/male

14,362 Danish paper mill workers employed at any time between 1943 and 1990

National cancer rate was used to calculate expected cancer cases

Rix, Villadsen, and Lynge, 1997 [70]

Denmark

1955–1993

Female/male

2238 workers employed in 1955–1990 at two Danish sulfite mills

National cancer rate was used to calculate expected cancer cases

Koshurnikova et al., 2000 [71]

US/Russia

1948–1958

Female/male

11,000 employees of ‘‘Mayak’’ nuclear reactor and plant, plutonium production facility

General US and Russian populations