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. 2006 Feb 23;5:5. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-5-5

Table 2.

Lung cancer mortality risk in intermediate group disappears after German component of study published separately††

Mean Exposure to Cr(VI)* OR** 95% CI
Low and Intermediate (<5.8 ug/m3) Ref --
High (≥ 5.8 ug/m3) 6.9 2.6 – 18.2

††Adapted from Birk T, Mundt KA, Dell LD, et al: Lung cancer mortality in the German chromate industry, 1958–1998. J Occup Environ Med (in press) [58].

*Mean Exposure to Cr(VI) derived by dividing cumulative urinary chromium exposure by 0.77 (conversion factor for air concentration), and then dividing by 45 years (OSHA's working life assumption); see text for details.

**Odds Ratio