Cancer mortality in relation to monitoring for radionuclide exposure in three UK nuclear industry workforces

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1224-1232

  Carpenter, L M ^a   Higgins, C D ^b   Douglas, A J ^b   Maconochie, N E S ^b   Omar, R Z ^b   Fraser, P ^b   Beral, V ^c   Smith, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer mortality; Internal radiation exposure; Nuclear industry workers; Radionuclide monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACTINIUM; PLUTONIUM; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; TRITIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PLEURA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031757111     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.659     Document Type: Article

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