Health outcomes of low-dose ionizing radiation exposure among medical workers: A cohort study of the Canadian national dose registry of radiation workers

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-156

  Zielinski, Jan ^a,b   Garner, Michael ^c   Band, Pierre ^a,b   Krewski, Daniel ^b   Shilnikova, Natalia ^b   Jiang, Huixia ^a,b   Ashmore, Patrick ^b,d   Sont, Willem ^b,d   Fair, Martha ^e   Letourneau, Ernest ^d   Semenciw, Robert ^f  

^a Health Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Carlington Community and Health Services   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Cancer mortality; Ionizing radiation; Low doses; Medical workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 68549117093     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-009-0010-y     Document Type: Article

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