Cancer Mortality among French Atomic Energy Commission Workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-44

  Telle Lamberton, M ^a   Bergot, D ^a   Gagneau, M ^a   Samson, E ^a   Giraud, J M ^b   Neron M O ^b   Hubert, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Cancer; Ionizing radiation; Mortality; Nuclear workers; Occupational epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0347320866     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10306     Document Type: Article

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