Low dose ionizing radiation exposure and cardiovascular disease mortality: Cohort study based on Canadian national dose registry of radiation workers

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-33

  Zielinski, Jan M ^a,b   Ashmore, Patrick J ^b   Band, Pierre R ^a   Jiang, Huixia ^b   Shilnikova, Natalia S ^b   Tait, Valerie K ^b   Krewski, Daniel ^b  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease mortality; Ionizing radiation; Low doses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION, IONIZING; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67651162275     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-009-0001-z     Document Type: Article

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