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

[Kai Kaletsch <eic@shaw.ca>]

Could someone please reconcile these two statements for me?:



From: "Strom, Daniel J" <strom@PNL.GOV>

>... "The NSWS study is characterized by an unhealthy

> control group, making it one of the very few studies in occupational

> epidemiology not to find a "healthy worker effect" (Table 1).



and



From: John Jacobus



>....It is interesting that all groups who worked in the shipyard, exposed

and non-exposed to radiation, had lower risks than the general population.

Maybe that should tell you something about the subject population also.



Thanks,

Kai





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