A Mortality Study Of Employees of The Nuclear Industry in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

E. L. Frome - D. L. Cragle - J. P. Watkins - S. B. Wing - C. M. Shy - W. G. Tankersley - C. M. West

• ABSTRACT
• Introduction.
  • Main Objectives
  • Abbreviations Used In Report
• Materials and Methods.
  • Description of Cohort.
  • Definition of Study Factors
    • External Radiation Exposure
    • Internal Radiation Exposure
    • Additional Study Factors
    • Vital Status
  • Data Reduction
  • Statistical Methods
    • Traditional SMR Analyses.
    • Grouped Data Poisson Regression.
    • Facility Comparison Analyses.
    • Dose-Response Analyses.
• Results.
  • Traditional SMR Analyses.
  • Facility Comparison Analyses.
    • Preliminary Results: White Males All Cause Mortality
    • Detailed Results By Race/Gender Groups
  • Dose-Response Analyses.
    • Selected Results for Main Effects Model Using ERR.
    • Results of the Screening Procedure for Selected Causes of Death.
    • Dose-Response Using Adjusted Doses.
    • ERR Estimates by Facility and Lag for All Cancer.
    • Alternative Representations of Dose-Response Relation.
• Discussion.
  • Results For SMR Analyses.
  • Results For Facility Comparison Analyses.
  • Dose-response Analyses For X-10/Y-12 Subcohort.
    • All Cancer Mortality With a Ten Year Lag.
    • Results For Leukemia and Prostate Cancer.
    • Results For Lung Cancer.
    • Effect of ''Missing Dose" on Analyses.
    • Results For Internal Radiation.
    • Comparison With Results From Recent Studies.
• Acknowledgments.
• References
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