Solid cancer mortality associated with chronic external radiation exposure at the french atomic energy commission and nuclear fuel company

Radiation Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-127

  Metz Flamant, C ^a   Samson, E ^a   Caer Lorho S ^a   Acker, A ^b   Laurier, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; NUCLEAR FUEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; X RAY;

FEMALE; FRANCE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; TIME FACTORS; X-RAYS;

EID: 79959735546     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2528.1     Document Type: Article

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