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Möhner 2015: the suggested approach does not correct for competing causes reliably and overstates SMRs

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  1. Institute and Policlinic for Occupational Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Preventive Research, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Peter Morfeld

  2. Institute for Occupational Epidemiology and Risk Assessment of Evonik Industries AG, Rellinghauser Straße 1-11, 45128, Essen, Germany

    Peter Morfeld

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The author performed morbidity and mortality studies on coalminers that were funded by the German coalmining industry. The current work got no funding. There was no discussion with representatives from the coal mining industry about this Letter to the Editor, nor any influence on the manuscript from any other person but the author.

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Morfeld, P. Möhner 2015: the suggested approach does not correct for competing causes reliably and overstates SMRs. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 89, 877–878 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-016-1120-z

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