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Title: Health effects of a thorium waste disposal site

Journal Article · · American Journal of Public Health; (USA)
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  1. UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark (USA)
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A case-control study of 112 households residing in the vicinity of a thorium waste disposal site found a higher prevalence of birth defects (RR 2.1) and liver diseases (RR 2.3) among exposed than the unexposed group. The numbers were quite small and the confidence intervals wide, however, so that no definite conclusions can be drawn from these data.

OSTI ID:
6967739
Journal Information:
American Journal of Public Health; (USA), Vol. 80:4; ISSN 0090-0036
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
CONGENITAL DISEASES
EPIDEMIOLOGY
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES
THORIUM
RADIATION HAZARDS
NEW JERSEY
RADIATION INJURIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
ACTINIDES
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DISEASES
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION II
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
INJURIES
MANAGEMENT
METALS
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RADIATION EFFECTS
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WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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