A mortality study of employees of the nuclear industry in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Radiation Research

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-80

  Frome, E L ^a   Cragle, D L ^b   Watkins, J P ^b   Wing, S ^c   Shy, C M ^c   Tankersley, W G ^b   West, C M ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030981467     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579540     Document Type: Article

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