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Meta-analysis of standard mortality ratio in cotton textile workers

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Background: Pulmonary function tests may reveal obstructive lung disease with altered forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) in cotton textile workers. Since 1930, many cohort studies have been performed to assess the disease mortality rate in cotton textile workers. Materials and methods: The authors performed a meta-analysis of the SMR results of these studies. Results: From the meta-analysis, the SMRs were as follows: for all deaths, 0.792 in males and 0.873 in females; for cancers, 0.705 in males and 0.829 in females. Discussion: The male cotton textile workers were healthier than the general population. The healthy-worker effect may be one of the causes, in general workers in industry have a better mortality patterns than those not working.

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  1. Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, No, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, 114, Taiwan, R.O.C

    Wen-lin Su & Chin-pyng Wu

  2. Department of Family Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

    Yeong-hwang Chen

  3. Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, National Health Research Institutes, Nei-Hu, School of Public Health, Taipei, Kaohsiung

    Saou-hsing Liou

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Su, Wl., Chen, Yh., Liou, Sh. et al. Meta-analysis of standard mortality ratio in cotton textile workers. Eur J Epidemiol 19, 989–997 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-004-0917-3

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