Causes of death in a cohort of 260 plutonium workers

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 236-240

  Gold, Baruch ^a   Kathren, Ronald L ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure, occupational; Mortality; Plutonium; Tumors

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031928634     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199809000-00001     Document Type: Article

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