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COPD and IHD cases were identified using hospital discharges (2006\u20132020), emergency department visits (2006\u20132020) and physician billing records (1999\u20132020). Exposure was assessed using the Diesel Exhaust in Canada Job-Exposure Matrix, a semiquantitative job-exposure matrix based on expert assessment and published measurement data. Cox-proportional hazards models were used to estimate HRs and 95%\u2009CIs, adjusted for age, birth year and sex by exposure status (exposed\/unexposed) and for increasing exposure level (unexposed, low, moderate, high and very high). Trend tests were run using exposure category midpoints (\u00b5g\/m\n                      <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                      elemental carbon).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Overall, 39\u2009743 incident lung cancer, 12\u2009528 bladder cancer, 77 124 COPD and 302\u2009876 IHD cases were identified. Among exposed cases (all outcomes), the majority (90%) were assigned low exposure. Significant increased risks of lung cancer (HR=1.33, 95% CI 1.29 to 1.37), bladder cancer (HR=1.19, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.26), COPD (HR=1.34, 95% CI 1.31 to 1.37) and IHD (HR=1.15, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.16) were observed among exposed workers compared with unexposed workers. Exposure\u2013response relationships were observed (all outcomes) although increases in risk were non-monotonic. Trend tests suggested increased risk (\n                      <jats:italic>p trend &lt;0.001<\/jats:italic>\n                      ).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study improves understanding of DEE-related diseases. 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