| Document ID (ISN) | 110075 |
| CIS number |
09-1013 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Ahn Y.S., Park R.M., Koh D.H. |
| Title |
Cancer admission and mortality in workers exposed to ionizing radiation in Korea |
| Bibliographic information |
July 2008, Vol.50, No.7, p.791-803. 64 ref. |
| Abstract |
Hospital admissions for cancer and cancer mortality among Korean workers exposed to ionizing radiation during 2000 to 2005 were compared to those of autoworkers. Overall admissions were low with the exception of nuclear power workers (standardized rate ratio (SRR) 1.13). Thyroid cancer was statistically significantly elevated in women radiation workers in medical (SRR 2.90) and research institutions (SRR 3.91) and industry (SRR 5.07), and in all nuclear power workers (SRR 2.59), with a significant association with dose. The 935 cancer deaths revealed a healthy worker effect for all causes (standardized mortality ratio (SMR) 0.58) and all-cancer (SMR 0.73). Lung cancer (SMR 0.77) and leukaemia (SMR 0.59) mortalities were also less than expected. Compared with autoworkers, radiation workers displayed decreased all-cause mortality except for nuclear power workers (although statistically not significant). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
ionizing radiation; Korea, Republic of; frequency rates; cancer; risk factors; mortality |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
healthy worker effect; leukaemia; lung cancer; nuclear power stations; motor vehicle industry; comparative study; dose-response relationship; statistical evaluation; radiology; thyroid cancer; sex-linked differences |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Korea, Republic of |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Ionizing radiation
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