TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Mortality Among Members of a Truck Driver Trade Association
JO  - AAOHN journal
A1  - Birdsey, Jan
A1  - Alterman, Toni
A1  - Li, Jia
A1  - Petersen, Martin R.
A1  - Sestito, John
SP  - 473
EP  - 480
VL  - 58
IS  - 11
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0891-0162
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/08910162-20101018-01
ID  - ref1
ER  -