Cohort profile: The German uranium miners cohort study (WISMUT cohort), 1946-2003

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 980-987

  Kreuzer, Michaela ^a   Schnelzer, Maria ^a   Tschense, Annemarie ^a   Walsh, Linda ^a   Grosche, Bernd ^a  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

BISMUTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRILLING; MINE; MINING INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAFETY; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADON; URANIUM;

GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 73349104047     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp216     Document Type: Article

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