Analysis of mortality among Canadian Nuclear Power Industry Workers after chronic low-dose exposure to ionizing radiation

Radiation Research

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 633-641

  Zablotska, Lydia B ^a   Ashmore, J Patrick ^b,c   Howe, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FEMALE; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042672443     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3170     Document Type: Article

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