title: Mortality among personnel who worked at the Mayak complex in the first years of its operation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Ministry of the Russian Federation, Biophysics Institute Branch NI, Chelyabinsk-65, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Koshurnikova
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Bysogolov
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bolotnikova
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Khokhryakov
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Kreslov
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Okatenko
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Romanov
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Shilnikova
mesh_terms: 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