Cancer mortality and incidence following external occupational radiation exposure: an update of the 3rd analysis of the UK national registry for radiation workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study provides direct evidence of cancer risk from low dose and dose rate occupational external radiation exposures.

Methods

Cancer mortality and incidence were studied in relation to external radiation exposure in the National Registry for Radiation Workers. A cohort of 167,003 workers followed for an average of 32 years was analysed using Poisson regression methods.

Results

Mortality and incidence risks were significantly raised for the group of all malignant neoplasms excluding leukaemia (ERR/Sv mortality = 0.28; 90%CI: 0.06, 0.53, ERR/Sv incidence = 0.28; 90%CI: 0.10, 0.48) but with narrower confidence bounds compared with the previous analysis of this cohort reflecting the increased statistical power from the additional 10 years of follow-up infor

SUBMITTER: Haylock RGE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6162263 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature