Lung fibrosis in plutonium workers

Radiation Research

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-131

  Newman, Lee S ^a,b   Mroz, Margaret M ^a   Ruttenber, A James ^b  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; PLUTONIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLUTONIUM; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 22944453334     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3407     Document Type: Article

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