Table 5

Lung cancer cases defined by death certificate in Comba and Pirastu’s study* and by histology in the present study

Comba and Pirastu’s study
Present studyYesNo
Agreement measure (Dunn, 1992): 27/(27+12+11) = 54%.
*Personal communication: extension of cohort follow up to 1 July 1999.
Yes2711
No12