Mortality and Cancer Morbidity Experience of Female Workers at the British Nuclear Fuels Sellafield Plant, 1946-1998

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 653-663

  McGeoghegan, D ^a   Gillies, M ^a   Riddell, A E ^a   Binks, K ^a  

^a Westlakes Scientific Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer morbidity; Female workers; Mortality; Nuclear workers; Radiation epidemiology

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FUEL; PLUTONIUM;

ADULT; CANCER MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLUTONIUM; POWER PLANTS; RISK;

EID: 0345690189     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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