ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2010
French cohort of the uranium processing workers: mortality pattern after 30-year follow-up.
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- Deep Breaths: A Systematic Review of the Potential Effects of Employment in the Nuclear Industry on Mortality from Non-Malignant Respiratory Disease.Radiation research · 2022Pooled it
- A Historical Survey of Key Epidemiological Studies of Ionizing Radiation Exposure.Radiation research · 2024Review
- Health Effects of Particulate Uranium Exposure.Toxics · 2022Review
- Cohort profile: four early uranium processing facilities in the US and Canada.International journal of radiation biology · 2021Article
- Radiation databases and archives - examples and comparisons.International journal of radiation biology · 2019Review
- Low-dose ionizing radiation increases the mortality risk of solid cancers in nuclear industry workers: A meta-analysis.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2018Article
- Analysis of mortality in a pooled cohort of Canadian and German uranium processing workers with no mining experience.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2018Article
- Adjustment of lifetime risks of space radiation-induced cancer by the healthy worker effect and cancer misclassification.Heliyon · 2015Article
- Mortality from internal and external radiation exposure in a cohort of male German uranium millers, 1946-2008.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2015Article
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- Renal Effects and Carcinogenicity of Occupational Exposure to Uranium: A Meta-Analysis.Nephron extraReview
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate mortality among nuclear workers with potential internal exposure to uranium.
methodsThe cohort included 2,709 workers employed at the AREVA NC Pierrelatte plant for at least 6 months (72,787 person-years). This plant processed uranium enrichment during the period 1960-1996 and chemical conversion since 1980. Mortality was compared to the national and regional mortality rates available for the period 1968-2005. For causes of death of interest with respect to occupational exposure, mortality trends according to occupational characteristics were assessed.
resultsAs expected, an important healthy worker effect (all causes SMR = 0.55 (95% CI: 0.50-0.61), n = 411; all cancers SMR = 0.70 (95% CI: 0.60-0.81), n = 193) was observed. Among cancer sites a priori related to uranium exposure, only mortality for lymphatic cancer was increased among potentially exposed workers (SMR = 1.49 (95% CI: 0.68-2.82); n = 9). An important increase in mortality from pleural cancer was observed (SMR = 2.85 (95% CI: 0.93-6.66), n = 5); none of the deceased workers were exposed to radiation whereas all handled asbestos.
conclusionIn spite of limited statistical power, results show consistency with previous studies of nuclear workers potentially exposed to uranium. Further investigation based on more precise uranium exposure data should allow the estimation of uranium hazard effects among this cohort.
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