Cancer Incidence Rates among Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Employees: 1974-1997

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-33

  Whorton, M Donald ^a,d   Moore, Daniel N ^b   Seward, James P ^c   Noonan, Kathleen A ^c   Mendelsohn, Mortimer L ^c  

^a WorkCare Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WorkCare   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Lung cancer; Malignant melanoma; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SMOKING; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CIVIL DEFENSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 0347951332     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10323     Document Type: Review

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