An update of cancer mortality among the French cohort of uranium miners: Extended follow-up and new source of data for causes of death

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-146

  Laurier, Dominique ^a,d   Tirmarche, Margot ^a   Mitton, Nicolas ^b   Valenty, Madeleine ^a   Richard, Patrick ^c   Poveda, Serge ^c   Gelas, Jean Marie ^c   Quesne, Benoit ^c  

^a Inst of Radiation/Nuclear Safety   (France)

^b CAATS ^*  (France)

^c Co Gen des Matieres Nucl ^*  (France)

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

Author keywords

Cause of death; Cohort studies; France; Lung cancer; Miners; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON; URANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URANIUM MINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM;

EID: 1542460104     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000017824.38966.01     Document Type: Article

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