RE: The value(?) of the Nuclear Shipyard Workers Study (NSWS)

["Strom, Daniel J" <strom@PNL.GOV>]

Ted,



The NWs were quite comparable to other working groups in non-shipyard

studies, regardless of dose. The result that sticks out like a sore thumb in

the NSWS is the NNWs, not the NWs. The NNWs systematically differ from NWs

and NNWs in other cohorts. This result is inconsistent with other rad and

non-rad occupational epidemiology studies.



- Dan Strom



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reviewed or approved by Battelle, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,

or the U.S. Department of Energy.



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-----Original Message-----

From: Ted de Castro [mailto:tdc@xrayted.com]

Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 2:40 PM

To: Strom, Daniel J

Subject: Re: The value(?) of the Nuclear Shipyard Workers Study (NSWS)









"Strom, Daniel J" wrote:



> Comparisons with an unhealthy control group will, of course, show a

> protective effect!" Table 1 is Table 4.1.A from the NSWS.

> 

WHY???



Is it not a valid/productive finding that show an identifiable/definable

part of the unhealthy group less unhealthy?

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