Nested case-control study of external ionizing radiation dose and mortality from dementia within a pooled cohort of female nuclear weapons workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-358

  Sibley, Ralph F ^a   Moscato, Beth S ^a   Wilkinson, Gregg S ^b   Natarajan, Nachimuthu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Dementia; Epidemiology; Occupational exposure; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141529995     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10288     Document Type: Article

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