Proportionate mortality study of golf course superintendents.

@article{Kross1996ProportionateMS,
  title={Proportionate mortality study of golf course superintendents.},
  author={Burton C. Kross and Leon F. Burmeister and Linda K. Ogilvie and L J Fuortes and Cherry Fu},
  journal={American journal of industrial medicine},
  year={1996},
  volume={29 5},
  pages={
          501-6
        }
}
A proportionate mortality study of a cohort of golf course superintendents was conducted using death certificates for 686 deceased members of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America who died from 1970 to 1992. White males were included in the study population from all 50 states. The study objective was to compare mortality from this cohort to the general U.S. white male population. The proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) for all types of cancer was 136 (CI: 121, 152). Significant… 
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