Brain tumors at a nuclear facility.
In response to an observed excess risk of brain tumor deaths among workers at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Facility (Colorado), a case-control study of all (n = 16) primary brain tumor deaths occurring among white males employed during 1952 through 1977 was conducted to investigate their relationship with occupational radiation/nonradiation exposures. For each case, four controls were individually matched on year of birth and period of employment. Although limited by a small number of cases, our study showed no statistically significant association between brain tumor death and exposure to internally deposited plutonium, external radiation, or other occupational risk factors.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects; D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D003120:Colorado; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009689:Nuclear Warfare; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D011005:Plutonium / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012306:Risk
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D011005:Plutonium