Cancer incidence in municipalities near two former nuclear materials processing facilities in Pennsylvania - An update

Health Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-127

  Boice Jr , John D ^a,b   Bigbee, William L ^c   Mumma, Michael T ^a   Heath Jr , Clark W ^d   Blot, William J ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health effects; Plutonium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; CITY; FEMALE; HOUSING; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR REACTOR; POSTAL MAIL; STANDARD; TIME;

PLUTONIUM; URANIUM;

CITIES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PENNSYLVANIA; PLUTONIUM; POSTAL SERVICE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 58949101373     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000334548.64581.f2     Document Type: Article

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