The Brazilian cohort of pulp and paper workers

The Logistic of a Cancer Mortality Study

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ID5225699
AutoresAnaclaudia G Fassa (0000-0001-6070-6214, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Luiz Augusto Facchini (0000-0002-5746-5170, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Marinel Mór Dall''Agnol, Marinel M Dall’agnol (0000-0001-5783-7061, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Marinel Mór Dall'Agnol (Universidade Federal de Pelotas)
Año1998
Volumen14
Númerosuppl 3
PáginasS117-S123
Fecha de publicación1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x1998000700012
PMID9819470
OpenAlexW2003813316
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X1998000700012
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas3

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) proposed this international historical cohort study trying to solve the controversy about the increased risk of cancer in the workers of the Pulp and Paper Industry. One of the most important aspects presented by this study in Brazil was the strategies used to overcome the methodological challenges, such as: data access, data accuracy, data availability, multiple data sources, and the large follow-up period. Through multiple strategies it was possible to build a Brazilian cohort of 3,622 workers, to follow them with a 93 percent success rate and to identify in 99 percent of the cases the cause of death. This paper, has evaluated the data access, data accuracy and the effectiveness of the strategies used and the different sources of data

Cancer · Cohort · Cohort study · Environmental health · International agency · Pathology · Sociology · Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Occupational and environmental lung diseases