Cancer mortality after low dose exposure to ionising radiation in workers in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States (INWORKS): cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effect of protracted low dose, low dose rate exposure to ionising radiation on the risk of cancer.

Design

Multinational cohort study.

Setting

Cohorts of workers in the nuclear industry in France, the UK, and the US included in a major update to the International Nuclear Workers Study (INWORKS).

Participants

309 932 workers with individual monitoring data for external exposure to ionising radiation and a total follow-up of 10.7 million person years.

Main outcome measures

Estimates of excess relative rate per gray (Gy) of radiation dose for mortality from cancer.

Results

The study included 103 553 deaths, of which 28 089 were due to solid cancers. The estimated rate of mortality due to solid cancer increased with cumulative

SUBMITTER: Richardson DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10427997 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature