Nuclear industry family study: Methods and description of a United Kingdom study linking occupational information held by employers to reproduction and child health

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 793-801

  Maconochie, Noreen ^a   Doyle, Pat ^a   Roman, Eve ^b   Davies, Graham ^a   Smith, Peter G ^a   Beral, Valerie ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionising radiation; Occupational exposure; Reproductive hazards

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DOSIMETRY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY RATE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033253133     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.12.793     Document Type: Article

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