Selection, follow-up, and analysis in the Coke Oven Study
Rockette, H.E.; Redmond, C.K.
National Cancer Institute Monograph 67: 89-94
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0083-1921 PMID: 4047156 Document Number: 249876
The current standard for exposure to coke oven emissions sets a permissible exposure of 150 micrograms benzene-soluble fraction of total particulate matter/m3. The major epidemiologic study that formed the basis for this standard including a review of the evidence of a dose-response relationship between exposure to coal tar pitch volatiles and lung cancer is reviewed. Particular attention was given to the selection of the cohort, follow-up procedures, and the evolution of the analysis.