Standardized Mortality Ratios and the ‘Healthy Worker Effect’¶
McMichael, A. J. (1976). Standardized Mortality Ratios and the ‘Healthy Worker Effect’: Scratching beneath the Surface. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 18(3), 165-168.
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Mechanisms¶
- Longitudinal Cohort Study
- Selection into the cohort can bias it before follow-up even begins — the healthy worker effect, where the employed exposed group is hardier than the general population, can mask real harm.
This sourceDefines the healthy worker effect as initially healthier employed cohorts causing general-population comparisons to understate occupational mortality.
- Selection into the cohort can bias it before follow-up even begins — the healthy worker effect, where the employed exposed group is hardier than the general population, can mask real harm.
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