Health effects of low-level radiation in shipyard workers. Final report: [Draft]

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 UTC 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10103020· OSTI ID:10103020

Matanoski, G. M.

The Nuclear Shipyard Workers Study (NSWS) was designed to determine whether there is an excess risk of leukemia or other cancers associated with exposure to low levels of gamma radiation. The study compares the mortality experience of shipyard workers who qualified to work in radiation areas to the mortality of similar workers who hold the same types of jobs but who are not authorized to work in radiation areas. The population consists of workers from six government and two private shipyards.

• Research Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Dept. of Epidemiology
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-79EV10095
• OSTI ID: 10103020
• Report Number(s): DOE/EV/10095--T2; ON: DE92003069
• 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.
GAMMA RADIATION
HEALTH HAZARDS
HEMIC DISEASES
LEUKEMIA
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
MAN
MORTALITY
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR SHIPS
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
PERSONNEL
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION MONITORING
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
STATISTICAL DATA