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Table 2 Concordance between workers in regard to information about time.

From: The agreement between workers and within workers in regard to occupational exposure to mercury in dental practice assessed from a questionnaire and an interview

Question

Comparisons (number of pairs)

mean

Mean Difference years

Std of the mean difference

10 percentile

50 percentile

90 percentile

The year all use of copper amalgam ended

All (19)

1984

7.3

6.5

0.0

5.0

20.0

 

Both dental nurses (13)

 

9.0

7.0

1.0

7.0

21.8

 

One dentist and one dental nurse ( 6)

 

3.5

3.1

0.0

4.0

8.0

The year the use of the Dentomat started

All (24)

1976

4.7

5.8

0.0

2.5

15.5

 

Both dental nurses (10)

 

4.2

4.9

0.0

4.0

14.4

 

One dentist and one dental nurse (13)

 

5.5

6.7

0.0

2.0

18.4

The year the use of the Dentomat ended.

All (26)

1995

5.5

4.9

0.0

5.0

12.9

 

Both dental nurses (12)

 

7.4

4.9

0.6

7.0

15.7

 

One dentist and one dental nurse (12)

 

3.5

4.2

0.0

4.5

9.4

 

Both dentists (2)

 

6.5

4.9

   
  1. Concordance expressed as the mean of the absolute difference and its standard deviation between people working in the same clinic in the same time spans. The 10, 50 and 90 percentiles for the differences between pairs are also given.