The 15-country collaborative study of cancer risk among radiation workers in the nuclear industry: Design, epidemiological methods and descriptive results

Radiation Research

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-379

  Vrijheid, M ^a   Cardis, E ^a   Blettner, M ^b   Gilbert, E ^c   Hakama, M ^d,e   Hill, C ^f   Howe, G ^g   Kaldor, J ^h   Muirhead, C R ⁱ   Schubauer Berigan, M ^j   Yoshimura, T ^k   Ahn, Y O ^l   Ashmore, P ^m,n   Auvinen, A ^d,o   Bae, J M ^p   Engels, H ^q,r   Gulis, G ^s   Habib, R R ^t   Hosoda, Y ^u   Kurtinaitis, J ^v   Malker, H ^w   Moser, M ^x   Rodriguez Artalejo, F ^y   Rogel, A ^z   Tardy, H ^a   Telle Lamberton, M ^aa   Turai, I ^ab   Usel, M ^ac   Veress, K ^ad   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^f INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^g Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁱ PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^l Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^m HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^o STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^p Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^q BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^r Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC)   (Belgium)

^s TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^t AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^u Vilnius University Oncology Institute ^*

^v VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^w SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^x FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^y UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^z EDF R AND D   (France)

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

^ab National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^ac Geneva Medical Inspectorate of Factories   (Switzerland)

^ad SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIGHT; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 34249677472     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0554.1     Document Type: Article

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