@article{ref1,
title="Mortality Among Members of a Truck Driver Trade Association",
journal="AAOHN journal",
year="2010",
author="Birdsey, Jan and Alterman, Toni and Li, Jia and Petersen, Martin R. and Sestito, John",
volume="58",
number="11",
pages="473-480",
abstract="Previous studies report that truck drivers are at increased risk for illness and on-the-job mortality. It is unknown whether owner-operator truck drivers face the same risks as employee drivers, yet few studies have targeted owner-operators as a study population. This study examined the overall and cause-specific mortality ratios for a cohort with owner-operator truck drivers constituting 69% of the study population. Of the 26 major disease classifications and 92 specific causes of death examined, only mortality due to transportation accidents was significantly elevated (standardized mortality ratio = 1.52, 95% confidence interval = 1.36-1.70). Leading causes of death were ischemic heart disease and lung cancer, although risk was below that of the general population. Transportation accidents pose a particular hazard for members of the trade association. The absence of excess disease mortality deserves careful interpretation, and may be due to both a strong healthy worker effect and a short monitoring period.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0891-0162",
doi="10.3928/08910162-20101018-01",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/08910162-20101018-01"
}