| Main Title |
Practical Considerations for Approximating Relative Risk by the Standardized Mortality Ratio. |
| Author |
Symons, M. J. ;
Taulbee, J. D. ;
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| CORP Author |
North Carolina Univ. at Chapel Hill. ;Procter and Gamble Co., Cincinnati, OH. Miami Valley Labs.;Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. |
| Year Published |
1981 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/J-81/699; |
| Stock Number |
PB86-208691 |
| Additional Subjects |
Mortality ;
Risk ;
Industrial medicine ;
Ratios ;
Reprints ;
Occupational safety and health
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| Holdings |
| Library |
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Additional Info |
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Last
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| NTIS |
PB86-208691 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
7p |
| Abstract |
The standardized mortality ratio is a widely used and often criticized summary statistic for studies of occupational mortality. In the paper the authors discuss practical conditions under which relative risk can reasonably be approximated by the standardized mortality ratio. When the true relative risk is greater than 100%, the standardized mortality ratio overestimates relative risk no matter how small the mortality rates or how short the age bands utilized in the analysis. However, when the excessive mortality is consistent across the age bands, the standardized mortality ratio can usefully approximate relative risk for some applications, such as those involving the site-specific cancers, providing the age bands employed are not too large. |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Jnl. of Occupational Medicine, v23 n6 p413-416 Jun 81. Prepared in cooperation with Procter and Gamble Co., Cincinnati, OH. Miami Valley Labs. Sponsored by Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Practical Considerations for Approximating Relative Risk by the Standardized Mortality Ratio. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c1981 |
| Category Codes |
6J; 57U; 68G; 44G |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/11 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
622718503 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
