A reanalysis of cancer mortality in Canadian nuclear workers (1956-1994) based on revised exposure and cohort data

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 214-223

  Zablotska, L B ^a   Lane, R S D ^b   Thompson, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

Author keywords

cohort study; low dose radiation exposures; nuclear workers; radiation; risk assessment; tritium

Indexed keywords

TRITIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; SOCIAL STATUS;

CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84891871794     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.592     Document Type: Article

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