Risk of lower extremity arterial disease in a cohort of workers occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation over a prolonged period

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 147-159

  Azizova, Tamara V ^a   Bannikova, Maria V ^a   Grigorieva, Evgenia S ^a   Bagaeva, Yaroslava P ^a   Azizova, Elena V ^a  

^a Southern Ural Biophysics Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alpha radiation; Atherosclerosis; Circulatory diseases; Gamma rays; Incidence; Mayak PA; Prolonged occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALPHA RADIATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXCESS RELATIVE RISKS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE; MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

GAMMA RAYS;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LOWER LIMB; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; RISK; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ARTERIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RISK; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84961200733     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-016-0645-6     Document Type: Article

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