Relation between occupational exposures and risk of death from all cancer sites
| Trend test | External regression | Internal regression | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p Value | ERR | p Value | ERR | p Value | ||||||
| Duration of exposure (y): | ||||||||||
| Handling chemicals | 0.001 | 0.25 | 0.005 | 0.18 | 0.003 | |||||
| Handling radionuclides | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.071 | 0.07 | 0.13 | |||||
| External exposure to ionising radiation | 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.339 | 0.02 | 0.53 | |||||
| Cumulative doses (mSv): | ||||||||||
| External dosimetry | 0.56 | 0.0001 | 0.57 | 0.006 | 0.80 | |||||
ERR=Excess relative risk per unit of exposure.