M Kreuzer, M Sommer, V Deffner, S Bertke, P A Demers, K Kelly-Reif, D Laurier, E Rage, D B Richardson, J M Samet, M K Schubauer-Berigan, L Tomasek, C Wiggins, L B Zablotska, N Fenske
The Pooled Uranium Miners Analysis (PUMA) study is the largest uranium miners cohort with 119,709 miners, 4.3 million person-years at risk and 7754 lung cancer deaths. Excess relative rate (ERR) estimates for lung cancer mortality per unit of cumulative exposure to radon progeny in working level months (WLM) based on the PUMA study have been reported. The ERR/WLM was modified by attained age, time since exposure or age at exposure, and exposure rate. This pattern was found for the full PUMA cohort and the 1960 + sub-cohort, i...
January 3, 2024: Radiation and Environmental Biophysics