Published November 1983
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Journal article
Study of the health of UK participants in UK atmospheric nuclear weapon tests
Description
A brief outline is given of a proposed study, by the NRPB, of the health of the UK personnel who participated in the UK atmospheric nuclear weapon test programme in Australia and the South Pacific. Details of the study and control groups are given. The study will concentrate on cancer mortality, cancer morbidity and the association of these with recorded levels of radiation exposure. (U.K.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiol. Prot. Bull.
- Journal Issue
- no.55
- Series
- Radiol. Prot. Bull.
- ISSN
- 0308-4272
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 15024571
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AUSTRALIA; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; ISLANDS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERSONNEL; RADIATION HAZARDS; UNITED KINGDOM
- Descriptors DEC
- AUSTRALASIA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; EXPLOSIONS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEAS; SURFACE WATERS