title: Under-ascertainment of multiple myeloma among participants in UK atmospheric atomic and nuclear weapons tests.
abstract: An inter-comparison of cases of multiple myeloma among UK participants in the UK's atmospheric atomic and nuclear weapons tests ascertained by direct follow up methods detected at least a third more cases than a strategy relying solely on data linkage between the Office of National Statistics and the Service Records Offices. These finding have implications for the conduct and robustness of follow up studies of long term health effects among participants in nuclear weapons tests.
authors.affiliation: Dundee University Medical School, 484 Perth Road, Dundee DD2 1LR, UK. s.l.roff@dundee.ac.uk
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Roff
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000633:toxicity*; D003644:Death Certificates; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D009689:Nuclear Warfare; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014728:Veterans
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D011847:Radioactive Fallout