ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2012
Cancer risk in adult residents near nuclear power plants in Korea - a cohort study of 1992-2010.
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- The risk of thyroid cancer in relation to residential proximity to nuclear power plants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Pooled it
- Health Effects of Occupational and Environmental Exposures to Nuclear Power Plants: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression.Current environmental health reports · 2024Pooled it
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- National analysis of cancer mortality and proximity to nuclear power plants in the United States.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Cancer incidence near nuclear facilities in Korea (2005-2022): implications of regional socioeconomic status and industrial context.BMC public health · 2026Article
- External ambient radiation exposure and cancer mortality trends around Qinshan nuclear power plant phase I: long-term study before and after service extension.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Radiation-Related Thyroid Cancer.Endocrine reviews · 2024Review
- Comparative Analysis of Driver Mutations and Transcriptomes in Papillary Thyroid Cancer by Region of Residence in South Korea.Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea) · 2023Article
- Increased Screening Rates for Thyroid Cancer Among Residents Living Near Nuclear Power Plants.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023Article
- Study Protocol for Radiation Exposure and Cancer Risk Assessment: The Taiwan Nuclear Power Plants and Epidemiology Cohort Study (TNPECS).Journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Reanalysis of Epidemiological Investigation of Cancer Risk among People Residing near Nuclear Power Plants in South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Increased risk of thyroid cancer in female residents nearby nuclear power plants in Korea: was it due to detection bias?Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2018Article
- Thyroid Cancer: We Need a Carcinogen-specific Genome Study.Journal of Korean medical science · 2015Article
- Cancer Risk among Population near Nuclear Power Plants in Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2015Article
- Rebuttal to authors' reply, re: cancer risk in adult residents near nuclear power plants in Korea: a cohort study of 1992-2010.Journal of Korean medical science · 2015Article
- Can screening effects explain increased risk of thyroid cancer among population living near nuclear power plants in Korea?Environmental health and toxicology · 2015Article
- Development and application of patient decision aids.Epidemiology and health · 2015Article
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Abstract
This study evaluated cancer risk for adult residents near Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) in Korea through a valid prospective cohort study during 1992-2010. The study cohort was composed of 11,367 adults living within a five km radius from the NPPs for the exposed and 24,809 adults for the non-exposed or reference cohort set at two different levels of proximity; 5-30 km radius and more than 30 km radius away from NPPs. In 303,542.5 person-years of follow-up, a total of 2,298 cancer cases of all sites, or 1,377 radio-inducible cancers diagnosed during 1992-2008 were ascertained. Multiple adjusted hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated using multivariate Cox proportional hazard model. There were no epidemiological evidence for increased risk of cancer due to radiation from NPPs. Radiological study results or surveillance data of radiation doses around NPPs could be well documented for risk estimation of radio-inducible cancers, instead of epidemiological study results of the long-time required. Continuous surveillance of quantitative measures of dose levels around NPPs and radiation exposures to the residents is warranted.
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