Radon exposure and mortality among white and American Indian uranium miners: An update of the Colorado Plateau cohort

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 718-730

  Schubauer Berigan, Mary K ^a   Daniels, Robert D ^a   Pinkerton, Lynne E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Lung neoplasms; Lymphoma, non Hodgkin; Multiple myeloma; Pulmonary fibrosis; Radiation, ionizing; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

RADON;

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; DISEASE INCIDENCE; IRRADIATION; MINING; MORTALITY; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADON; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; URANIUM;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEPHRITIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGENY; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; TUBERCULOSIS; URANIUM MINE;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORADO; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADON; RISK FACTORS; URANIUM;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449154567     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn406     Document Type: Article

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