Cancer mortality risk among biology research workers in France: First results of two retrospective cohorts studies

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 777-785

  Guseva Canu, Irina ^a   Rogel, Agnès ^a   Samson, Eric ^a   Benhamou, Simone ^b,c   Laplanche, Agnes ^d   Tirmarche, Margot ^a  

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

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ionizing radiation; Laboratory; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY RESEARCH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADULT; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 40349111462     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0260-6     Document Type: Article

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