Re: We are killing nuclear workers!

[emil kerrembaev <kerrembaev@yahoo.com>]

Greetings,

1.Did they consider income as a factor in the study?
Out of my head, I don't remember how many
epidemiological life-years it costs "To be Poor". 

2.I would think,GENERALLY,
badged workers have a higher income than un badged.

Emil.


>>>As Ted noted, the badged workers had lower
mortality rates for most 
of the radiation-induced diseases looked at than the
un badged workers.  
The design of the study was supposed to account for
the "healthy 
worker" effect by looking only at workers and
differentiating on the basis of 
exposure levels.  Consequently the researcher decided
that there must 
be an internal "healthy worker" effect, in that the
workers who took 
jobs that might expose them to radiation were
self-selected healthier 
individuals than those who may have had jobs without
such exposure.  That 
sounds like a lot of bull to me--most career paths are
chosen early in 
life when people are generally healthy
>>>

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