title: A test for linear trend in constant hazards and its application to a problem in occupational health.
abstract: A score test is derived for testing a linear trend in constant hazards. The test is applied to prove the attenuation of healthy worker effects in the analysis of occupational mortality.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Le
mesh_terms: D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models