The influence of multiple types of occupational exposure to Radon, Gamma Rays and Long-Lived Radionuclides on Mortality Risk in the French "post-55" Sub-cohort of Uranium Miners: 1956-1999

Radiation Research

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 796-806

  Vacquier, Blandine ^a   Rage, Estelle ^a   Leuraud, Klervi ^a   Caër Lorho, Sylvaine ^a   Houot, Jennifer ^a   Acker, Alain ^b   Laurier, Dominique ^a  

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

^b AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; URANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MINER; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FRANCE; GAMMA RAYS; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; RISK; URANIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955193802     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2558.1     Document Type: Review

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