Central nervous system tumors and related intracranial pathologies in radium dial workers

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6461225

Stebbings, J H; Semkiw, W

Among the female radiation workers in the radium dial industry there is no overall excess of brain or central nervous system tumors. A significant excess did appear, however, in one of three major cohorts; the excess was not due to an excess of gliomas and cannot be ascribed with certainty to radium or external radiation. A significant proportional excess of tumors outside the brain was observed, and is consistent with irradiation of nervous system tissue from adjacent bone. Early deaths from brain abscess or mastoiditis, which are coded as diseases of the nervous system and sense organs, were observed. 12 refs., 11 tabs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6461225
• Report Number(s): CONF-8810248-2; ON: DE89007376; TRN: 89-007507
• Resource Relation: Conference: NCI-DOE-CEC workshop on risks from radium and thorium, Bethesda, MD, USA, 3 Oct 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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