Multifactorial analysis of lung cancer dose-response relationships for workers at the Mayak nuclear enterprise

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 899-905

  Tokarskaya, Z B ^a   Okladnikova, N D ^a   Belyaeva, Z D ^a   Drozhko, E G ^b  

^a Institute of Cell Biophysics   (Russian Federation)

^b MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

239Pu; Cancer; Cigarettes; Lungs, human

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM 239;

ADULT; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; WORKER;

EID: 0030666165     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199712000-00003     Document Type: Article

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