Radon and risk of death from cancer and cardiovascular diseases in the German uranium miners cohort study: Follow-up 1946-2003

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-185

  Kreuzer, Michaela ^a   Grosche, B ^a   Schnelzer, M ^a   Tschense, A ^a   Dufey, F ^a   Walsh, L ^a  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE LIMIT; CORONARY HEART DISEASE; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; DATA SETS; EASTERN GERMANY; EXCESS RELATIVE RISKS; HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; PER UNIT; POISSON REGRESSION; RADON EXPOSURE; RADON PROGENY; RELATED RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UP PERIOD; URANIUM MINING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARDIOLOGY; MINERS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADON; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

RISK PERCEPTION;

RADON; URANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADON; RISK; URANIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954456497     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-009-0249-5     Document Type: Article

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