Ionising radiation and risk of death from leukaemia and lymphoma in radiation-monitored workers (INWORKS): An international cohort study

The Lancet Haematology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2015, Pages e276-e281

  Leuraud, Klervi ^a   Richardson, David B ^b   Cardis, Elisabeth ^c,d,e   Daniels, Robert D ^f   Gillies, Michael ^g   O'Hagan, Jacqueline A ^g   Hamra, Ghassan B ^h   Haylock, Richard ^g   Laurier, Dominique ^a   Moissonnier, Monika ⁱ   Schubauer Berigan, Mary K ^f   Thierry Chef, Isabelle ⁱ   Kesminiene, Ausrele ⁱ  

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

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^h DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; ICD-9; IONISING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRANCE; IONIZING RADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION MONITORING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION, IONIZING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955727470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3026(15)00094-0     Document Type: Article

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