RE: Healthy Worker Effect

[Shonka Research Associates Inc <sra@crl.com>]

Al
you know better.  Cancer incidence, mortality and morbidity are all
lower for "workers" regardless of industry than for unselected
members of the general public since the public includes young, old
and others who are not employed, including those whose physical
condition does not permit them to be employed.  When one compares the
cancer incidence rates with "national averages", one must correct for
"healthy worker effect" for any industry since workers are healthier
than national averages.  In order to show "hormesis" one must show
that nuclear workers are healthier than workers from comparable
industries (nuclear would have to show a "healthier than healthy
worker effect".  This would become fuzzy just as the NIC (not in
city) cohort is for the japanese survivors.

Joe Shonka
sra@crl.com