First Analysis of Mortality and Occupational Radiation Exposure based on the National Dose Registry of Canada

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 564-574

  Ashmore, J P ^a   Krewski, D ^b,c   Zielinski, J M ^b   Jiang, H ^d   Semenciw, R ^b   Band, P R ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Leukemia, radiation induced; Mortality; Neoplasms, radiation induced; Occupational exposure; Radiation, ionizing; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER; CAUSES OF DEATH; DATA LINKAGE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESOURCES; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEUKEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REGISTER; RISK; SEX RATIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; CANADA; CANCER; CAUSES OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; DATA LINKAGE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN RESOURCES; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032529954     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009682     Document Type: Article

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