Lung cancer in Mayak workers

Radiation Research

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 505-516

  Gilbert, E S ^a,g   Koshurnikova, N A ^b   Sokolnikov, M E ^b   Shilnikova, N S ^b   Preston, D L ^c   Ron, E ^a   Okatenko, P V ^b   Khokhryakov, V F ^b   Vasilenko, E K ^d   Miller, S ^e   Eckerman, K ^f   Romanov, S A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Southern Urals Biophysics Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c Radiation Effects   (Japan)

^d MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Nutritional Epidemiology Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR REACTORS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLUTONIUM; RISK; RUSSIA; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10044227465     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3259     Document Type: Article

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