Incomplete data on the Canadian cohort may have affected the results of the study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer on the radiogenic cancer risk among nuclear industry workers in 15countries

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-129

  Ashmore, J Patrick ^a   Gentner, Norman E ^b   Osborne, Richard V ^c  

^a Ponsonby and Associates   (Canada)

^b Private Consultant   (Canada)

^c Ranasara Consultants Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITEDS; CANCER RISK; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; COUNTRY RISKS; EXCESS RELATIVE RISKS; INCOMPLETE DATA; INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCERS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NUCLEAR WORKERS; RELATED RISK;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; RISK PERCEPTION;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953581256     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/30/2/001     Document Type: Article

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