Updated Mortality Analysis of SELTINE, the French Cohort of Nuclear Workers, 1968-2014.

ABSTRACT: Cohorts of nuclear workers are particularly relevant to study the health effects of protracted exposures to low doses at low dose-rates of ionizing radiation (IR). In France, a cohort of nuclear workers badge-monitored for external IR exposure has been followed-up for several decades. Its size and follow-up period have recently been extended. The present paper focuses on mortality from both cancer and non-cancer diseases in this cohort. The SELTINE cohort of nuclear workers employed by CEA, Orano, and EDF companies was followed-up for mortality from 1968 to 2014. Mortality in the cohort was compared to that in the French general population. Poisson regression methods were used to estimate excess relative rates of mortality per unit of cumulative dose of IR, adjusted for calendar year, age,

SUBMITTER: Laurent O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9817793 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature