Mortality among personnel who worked at the Mayak complex in the first years of its operation.
Epidemiological studies revealed increased cancer mortality among persons who began working at the Mayak complex during the period 1948-1958. Estimation of cancer risk was carried out for the sites of cancer that showed increased mortality and dependence on dose of external gamma- or internal alpha-irradiation.
Koshurnikova
N A
NA
Public Health Ministry of the Russian Federation, Biophysics Institute Branch NI, Chelyabinsk-65, Russian Federation.
Bysogolov
G D
GD
Bolotnikova
M G
MG
Khokhryakov
V F
VF
Kreslov
V V
VV
Okatenko
P V
PV
Romanov
S A
SA
Shilnikova
N S
NS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000401:mortality*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012426:Russia