Stillbirth rates around the nuclear installation at Sellafield, North West England: 1950-1989

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-82

  Dummer, Tjb ^a   Dickinson, H O ^a   Pearce, M S ^a   Charlton, M E ^b   Smith, J ^a   Salotti, J ^a   Parker, L ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Environmental radiation; Stillbirths

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR POWER STATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STILL BIRTHS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH ORDER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POWER PLANTS; PREGNANCY; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

UK, ENGLAND, CUMBRIA, SELLAFIELD;

EID: 0031911799     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.1.74     Document Type: Article

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