Life-style and other characteristics of radiation workers at nuclear facilities in Japan: Base-line data of a questionnaire survey

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 310-319

  Murata, Motoi ^a   Miyake, Toshio ^a   Inoue, Yasushi ^a   Ohshima, Sumio ^a   Kudo, Shin Ichi ^a   Yoshimura, Takesumi ^b   Akiba, Suminori ^c   Tango, Toshiro ^d   Yoshimoto, Yasuhiko ^e   Shimizu, Yukiko ^f   Sobue, Tomotaka ^g   Kusumi, Shizuyo ^a   Iwasaki, Tamiko ^a,e   Yamagishi, Chikao ^a   Matsudaira, Hiromichi ^a  

^a Maruishi Daini Bldg 5F   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d National Institute of Public Health

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer mortality; Confounding factor; Life style; Low dose radiation; Radiation worker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 0036653079     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.12.310     Document Type: Review

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