A cohort study of uranium millers and miners of Grants, New Mexico, 1979-2005

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-325

  Boice Jr , John D ^a,b   Cohen, Sarah S ^a   Mumma, Michael T ^a   Chadda, Bandana ^a   Blot, William J ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; LIVER; MINERS; ORES; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADON; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS; TOBACCO; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

A-PRIORI; EXTERNAL-; MINING ACTIVITIES; NEW MEXICO;

URANIUM MINES;

RADON; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MINING; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEW MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 51449104813     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/28/3/002     Document Type: Article

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