COMPONENTS AND MODIFIERS OF THE HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT: EVIDENCE FROM THREE OCCUPATIONAL COHORTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL COMPENSATION

作者：Geoffrey R. Howe, Anna Maria Chiarelli, Joan Lindsay · 发表于：American Journal of Epidemiology · 年份：1988 · DOI：10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115089 · 被引用次数：106 · 研究领域：Occupational Health and Safety Research

Howe, G. R. (NCIC Epidemiology Unit, McMurrich Building, U. of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S1A8, Canada), A. M. Chiarelli, and J. P. Lindsay. Components and modifiers of the healthy worker effect: evidence from three occupational cohorts and implications for industrial compensation. Am J Epidemiol 1988; 128:1364–75. The authors examined the components and modifiers of the healthy worker effect using mortality data from three occupational cohorts: the employees of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited followed between 1950 and 1981, a 10% sample of the Canadian labor force followed between 1965 and 1979, and workers at the Eldorado Resources Limited Beaverlodge uranium mine followed between 1950 and 1980. Two important components of the healthy worker effect have been identified in these cohorts, namely, initial selection of and continuing employment of healthy individuals. There is less evidence for a contribution from the existence of differential risk factors among employed individuals as compared with the general population. The healthy worker effect is, however, substantially modified by time since employment, sex, age, specific cause of death, and specific occupation. Because of this variation, it is inappropriate to account for the healthy worker effect by a single parameter, and all of the above factors must be taken into account in any appropriate analysis. When the only available comparison group for an occupational cohort is the general population, the healthy worker effe...