Second analysis of mortality of nuclear industry workers in Japan, 1986-1997

Radiation Research

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 228-238

  Iwasaki, Tamiko ^a,e   Murata, Motoi ^a   Ohshima, Sumio ^a   Miyake, Toshio ^a   Kudo, Shin ichi ^a   Inoue, Yasushi ^a   Narita, Minoru ^a   Yoshimura, Takesumi ^b   Akiba, Suminori ^c   Tango, Toshiro ^d   Yoshimoto, Yasuhiko ^e   Shimizu, Yukiko ^f   Sobue, Tomotaka ^g   Kusumi, Shizuyo ^a   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   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; LIFESTYLE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037314589     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2003)159[0228:SAOMON]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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