Evaluation of internal alpha-particle radiation exposure and subsequent fertility among a cohort of women formerly employed in the radium dial industry

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 236-244

  Schieve, Laura A ^a,e   Davis, Faith ^a   Roeske, John ^b   Handler, Arden ^a   Freels, Sally ^a   Stinchcomb, Thomas ^c   Keane, Albert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIUM; RADIUM 226;

ADULT; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY BURDEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUBFERTILITY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ALPHA PARTICLES; ANEMIA; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTICUT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ILLINOIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW JERSEY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 0031046214     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579425     Document Type: Article

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