Dynamic analysis of cumulative exposure and effect of losses to follow-up in occupational cohort studies: the example of the German toxic waste landfill Ihlenberg cohort

Introduction: Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) and standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) are commonly used to analyze cancer risk and mortality in occupational cohort studies. Such studies can be conducted by matching cohort data with cancer registry data (SIR) and population registry data (SMR). [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]