Predicted number of lung cancer cases in Germany among former uranium miners of the Wismut

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-9

  Brüske Hohlfeld, Irene ^b   Möhner, Matthias ^b   Wichmann, Heinz Erich ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cancer; human; lungs; mining; risk analysis; uranium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; URANIUM MINE;

EID: 0031038194     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199701000-00001     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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