Acrylamide cohort mortality study.

Mortality in young offenders: retrospective cohort study.

OBJECTIVES To estimate overall and cause specific standardised mortality ratios in young offenders. DESIGN Comparison of mortality data in cohort of young offenders. SETTINGS State of Victoria, Australia. SUBJECTS Cohort of young offenders aged 10-20 years with a first custodial sentence from 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1999. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Deaths ascertained by matching with t...

Cohort study of birthweight, mortality, and disability.

this association. Firstly, poor social circumstances could lead to both lower birth weight and higher mortality risk. Secondly, maternal health, nutritional, and behavioural profiles could influence both birth weight and cardiovascular mortality. Thirdly, intergenerational factors—such as genomic and epigenetic processes that lead to a positive correlation between the birth weights of mothers a...

Cohort mortality study of Philadelphia firefighters.

BACKGROUND Fire fighters are exposed to a wide variety of toxic chemicals. Previous studies have reported excess risk of some cancers but have been limited by small numbers or little information on employment characteristics. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort mortality study among 7,789 Philadelphia firefighters employed between 1925 and 1986. For each cause of death, the standardiz...

Mortality: A Cohort Study of Japanese Men

Mortality patterns among workers exposed to acrylamide: 1994 follow up.

OBJECTIVE To update the mortality experience of a cohort of 8508 workers with potential exposure to acrylamide at three plants in the United States from 1984-94. METHODS Analyses of standardised mortality ratios (SMR) with national and local rates and relative risk (RR) regression modelling were performed to assess site specific cancer risks by demographic and work history factors, and exposu...