Cancer mortality in counties near two former nuclear materials processing facilities in Pennsylvania, 1950-1995

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 691-700

  Boice Jr , John D ^a,d   Bigbee, William L ^b,c   Mumma, Michael T ^a   Blot, William J ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health effects; Radiation risk; Uranium

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENNSYLVANIA; PLUTONIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; URANIUM; URBAN POPULATION;

PARNASSIUS APOLLO;

EID: 0141896507     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200312000-00014     Document Type: Article

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