Cancer admission and mortality in workers exposed to ionizing radiation in Korea

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 791-803

  Ahn, Yeon Soon ^a   Park, Robert M ^b   Koh, Dong Hee ^c  

^a Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

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

^c Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IONIZING RADIATION; KOREA; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; THYROID CANCER; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849101611     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318167751d     Document Type: Article

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