The mortality and cancer morbidity experience of workers at the Springfields uranium production facility, 1946-95

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-137

  McGeoghegan, D ^a   Binks, K ^a  

^a Westlakes Scientific Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ADULT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; URANIUM MINE;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK; URANIUM;

EID: 0034038710     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/20/2/301     Document Type: Review

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