Comparison of dose histories for U.S. nuclear power plant workers, based on records held by a major dosimetry service company and on the NRC reirs database

Health Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 645-650

  Muirhead, Colin R ^a   Boice Jr , John D ^b   Raddatz, Charleen T ^c   Yoder, R Craig ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^d LANDAUER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

dosimetry; epidemiology; exposure, occupational; nuclear power plant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

EID: 0029942744     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199605000-00004     Document Type: Article

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