Mortality (1950-1999) and cancer incidence (1969-1999) of workers in the Port Hope cohort study exposed to a unique combination of radium, uranium and γ-ray doses

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Zablotska, Lydia B ^a   Lane, Rachel S D ^b   Frost, Stanley E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

^c Frost and Frost Consultants   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIUM; URANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84874990175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002159     Document Type: Article

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