The creation of a database of children of workers at a nuclear facility: An exercise in record linkage

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-45

  Parker, Louise ^a   Smith, Julian ^a   Dickinson, Heather ^a   Binks, Keith ^b   Scott, Les ^b   McElvenny, Damien ^c   Jones, Sheila ^b   Wakeford, Richard ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0031037045     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1997.10389454     Document Type: Article

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