Incidence of non-lung solid cancers in Czech uranium miners: A case-cohort study

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 400-405

  Kulich, M ^a   Rericha V ^b   Rericha R ^c   Shore, D L ^d   Sandler, D P ^e  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Regional Hospital P íbram   (Czech Republic)

^c Center of Epidemiological Studies   (Czech Republic)

^d WESTAT   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental carcinogens; Ionizing radiation; Neoplasms; Occupational exposure; Radon; Smoking

Indexed keywords

RADON; URANIUM;

CANCER; CARCINOGEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; IONIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADON; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CZECH REPUBLIC; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MINER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOLID TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

CZECH REPUBLIC; PRIBRAM; STREDOCESKY;

EID: 79952901837     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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