First Author (Year) | Follow up period | Year first employed | Number of workers | Cases of lung cancer | Qualifications for study entrya |
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I. Studies using rule based allocation of workers to process department | |||||
Pedersen (1973) [1]b | 1953–71 | 1910–60 | 1,916 | 48 | ≥ 3 years employment; alive on Jan. 1, 1953 |
Magnus (1982) [2]b | 1953–79 | 1916–65 | 2,247 | 82 | ≥ 3 years employment; alive on Jan. 1, 1953 |
II. Studies using ICNCM Job Exposure Matrix developed by protocol | |||||
ICNCM (1990)[3]b | 1953–84 | 1946–69 | 3,250 | 77 | ≥ 1 year employment; alive on Jan. 1, 1953 |
Andersen (1996) [4]b | 1953–93 | 1916–40 | 379 | 203 | ≥ 3 years employment; alive on Jan. 1, 1953 |
 |  | 1946–83 | 4,385 |  | ≥ 1 year employment; alive on Jan. 1, 1953 |
III. Studies using revised Job Exposure Matrix | |||||
Grimsrud (2002)[6]c | Dec '52-Aug '95 | 1910–94 | 5,389 | 227 | ≥ 1 year employment; alive on Jan. 1, 1953 |
Grimsrud (2003)[7]b | 1953–2000 | 1910–89 | 5,297 | 267 | ≥ 1 year employment; alive on Jan. 1, 1953 |
Grimsrud (2005)[8]c | Dec '52-Aug '95 | 1910–94 | 5,389 | 227 | ≥ 1 year employment; alive on Jan. 1, 1953 |