Healthy worker hire and survivor effects in a cohort of medical radiation workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The healthy worker effect may distort the association between exposure and health effects in workers. However, few studies have investigated both the healthy worker hire and survival effects simultaneously, and they are limited to mortality studies in male workers.

Methods

We utilized a data set comprising South Korean diagnostic medical radiation workers registered in the National Dose Registry between 1996 and 2011, and merged it with mortality and cancer incidence data. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) and standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) were computed for comparison with the general population. To account for time-varying confounders influenced by prior occupational radiation exposure, we applied g-estimation using structural nested accelerated failure

SUBMITTER: Lee WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11452196 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature