Uranium carcinogenicity in humans might depend on the physical and chemical nature of uranium and its isotopic composition: Results from pilot epidemiological study of French nuclear workers

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1563-1573

  Canu, I Guseva ^a   Jacob, S ^a   Cardis, E ^b   Wild, P ^c   Caer S ^a   Auriol, B ^d   Garsi, J P ^a   Tirmarche, M ^a   Laurier, D ^a  

^a Institut de Radioprotection et de reté Nucléaire   (France)

^b Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^d AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; Mortality; Plutonium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; ISOTOPE; URANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLUBILITY; TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 82955187502     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9833-5     Document Type: Article

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