Mortality patterns among Paducah gaseous diffusion plant workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 725-732

  Chan, Caroline ^a   Hughes, Therese S ^b   Muldoon, Susan ^a   Aldrich, Tim ^c   Rice, Carol ^d   Hornung, Richard ^e   Brion, Gail ^f   Tollerud, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; FLUORIDE; URANIUM DERIVATIVE; URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954952148     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181e48ee0     Document Type: Article

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