1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION |
Cohort name
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The Cement Australia Railton Study
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Country
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Name
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Prof Malcolm Sim
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Institution
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Monash University
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Email
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malcolm.sim@monash.edu
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Personal website
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https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/malcolm-sim
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Do you want to add another Principal Investigator of the Cohort
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- Add another Principal Investigator of the cohort
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Name
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Dr Geza Benke
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Institution
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Monash University
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Email
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Geza.Benke@monash.edu
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Personal website
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https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/geza-benke
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Do you want to add another Principal Investigator of the Cohort
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- Add another Principal Investigator of the cohort
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Name
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Dr Ewan MacFarlane
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Institution
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Monash University
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Email
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Ewan.MacFarlane@monash.edu
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Personal website
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https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/ewan-macfarlane
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Website
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- https://www.monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/coeh/research/cement-australia-railton-study
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Name of committee
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Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee
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Or provide website
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- https://www.monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/coeh/research/cement-australia-railton-study
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Contact Principal Investigator (name)
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Malcolm Sim
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Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
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Investigation into cancer and mortality at the Cement Australia Railton facility in Tasmania.
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Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
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Source population (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Industry / occupation-based
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Comparators (please select as many as appropriate)
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- External study population (includes SMR/SIR studies)
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Inclusion criteria
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Current or former workers from cement manufacturing plant in Tasmania
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Exclusion criteria
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Only current employees were given the option of opting out of the study, the rest of the cohort was automatically included, but never contacted.
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Enrollment
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Ongoing
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Age range at entry (main cohort)
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Age range at entry (subcohort)
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Mean |
Please describe |
>18 |
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2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP |
Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
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Death certificate (specify)
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- Data linkage with the National Death Index. Five- to ten-year intervals, funding dependent.
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First follow-up period (provide year)
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2010-2011
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Number of follow-ups after baseline (provide number)
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1
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3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES |
Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Questionnaire, Personal (Self-reporting or interview)
- Questionnaire, Personal (Occupational/industry modules)
- Job-employment records
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Occupational history/time frame
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Lifetime
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Occupational coding performed
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No
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Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
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Main categories
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Main categories | Other | Specify: Other
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Asbestos
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Comments
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This cohort study tracks cancer and mortality of current and former workers at a cement manufacturing plant which previously produced asbestos-cement products in Railton, Tasmania. Although the use of asbestos was phased out at Railton in the 1980s, risk of health effects among this workforce may still remain because asbestos-related diseases may not emerge until many years after exposure.
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4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED |
Baseline - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
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- Death certificates
- Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
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Follow-up - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
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Outcome type (please select as many as appropriate)
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Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
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C + D Neoplasms
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- Malignant neoplasms gastro intes. system including liver, gall bladder, pancreas
- Malignant neoplasm lung
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6. Other Information |
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- Alcohol
- Demographics
- Smoking
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Possibility for linkage to data registries/data enrichment via data linkage
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- Cancer incidence
- Mortality register
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