Table 2.
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