Leukemia and exposure to ionizing radiation among German uranium miners

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 238-248

  Möhner, Matthias ^a   Lindtner, Manfred ^a   Otten, Heinz ^b   Gille, Hans G ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^b HVBG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leukemia; Miners; Occupational exposure; Radiation; Radon; Uranium

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; URANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GAMMA RADIATION; GERMANY; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; URANIUM MINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 33646056072     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20289     Document Type: Article

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