Document ID (ISN) | 110975 |
CIS number |
10-0508 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0340-0131 - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health |
Year |
2010 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Guseva Canu I., Cardis E., Metz-Flamant C., Caër-Lorho S., Auriol B., Wild P., Laurier D., Tirmarche M. |
Title |
French cohort of uranium processing workers: mortality pattern after 30-year follow-up |
Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2010, Vol.83, No.3, p.301-308. Illus. 46 ref. |
Abstract |
The objective of this study was to investigate mortality among nuclear workers with potential internal exposure to uranium. The cohort included 2,709 workers employed at a French uranium processing plant for at least six months. The plant processed uranium enrichment during the period 1960-1996 and chemical conversion since 1980. Mortality was compared to the national and regional rates available for the period 1968-2005. As expected, an important healthy worker effect was observed. Among cancer sites a priori related to uranium exposure, only mortality for lymphatic cancer was increased among potentially exposed workers. An important increase in mortality from pleural cancer was observed; however none of the deceased workers were exposed to radiation, while all handled asbestos. |
Descriptors (primary) |
France; uranium; radioactive substances; nuclear fuel processing; mortality; risk factors |
Descriptors (secondary) |
cancer; long-term study; healthy worker effect; cohort study |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Subject(s) |
Radiation
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Ionizing radiation Cancer and carcinogens
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