Incidence and mortality of solid cancer among emergency workers of the Chernobyl accident: assessment of radiation risks for the follow-up period of 1992–2009

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-23

  Kashcheev, V V ^a   Chekin, S Yu ^a   Maksioutov, M A ^a   Tumanov, K A ^a   Kochergina, E V ^a   Kashcheeva, P V ^a   Shchukina, N V ^a   Ivanov, V K ^a  

^a MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Attributable risk; Chernobyl; Emergency workers; Radiation risk; Solid cancer

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISKS; CHERNOBYL; EMERGENCY WORKERS; RADIATION RISK; SOLID CANCER;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK; RUSSIA;

EID: 84923849324     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: 14322099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-014-0572-3     Document Type: Article

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