@article{ref1,
title="Minnesota highway maintenance worker cohort mortality study: methods and noncancer mortality",
journal="American journal of industrial medicine",
year="1989",
author="Parker, D. L. and Bender, A. P. and Johnson, R. A. and Scharber, W. K. and Williams, A. N. and Marbury, M. C. and Mandel, J. S.",
volume="15",
number="5",
pages="531-543",
abstract="In 1984, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) began a cohort mortality study of 4,849 workers to follow up concerns with the health and safety of highway maintenance workers (HMWs). A total of 1,530 deaths had occurred, resulting in a standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of 91 (p less than .01) and an all cancer SMR of 84 (p less than .01). There was a significant elevation in the SMR for chronic renal failure among long-term rural workers (SMR = 676, p less than .05). The SMR was also elevated for transportation injuries. The latter SMR was highest among short-term urban workers (SMR = 280, p less than .01). In addition, the SMR for transportation-related injury deaths tended to increase the later the decade of starting work. The SMRs were 137, 259, 502, and 2,145 for urban workers starting work in the decades 1945-1954, 1955-1964, 1965-1974, and 1975-1984, respectively. This study demonstrates the possible adverse health effects of highway maintenance work and the need to comprehensively evaluate injury mortality among selected occupational cohorts.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-3586",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}