Published February 1987
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Journal article
Epidemiology of cancer in young persons in West Cumbria
Creators
- 1. Medical Research Council, Southampton (UK). Environmental Epidemiology Unit
Description
A brief report is given of a lecture by Professor Gardner of the MRC in which some of the epidemiological evidence of cancer in young persons in the vicinity of the Sellafield site was reviewed. The studies that the MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit at Southampton were currently undertaking in relation to Recommendations 1,2 and 3 of the Black Committee 1984 Report were also outlined. Some of the questions put to Professor Gardner after his lecture are briefly discussed. (UK)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiol. Prot. Bull.
- Journal Issue
- no.79
- Series
- Radiol. Prot. Bull.
- ISSN
- 0308-4272
- CODEN
- RDPBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 18045827
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ADOLESCENTS; CHILDREN; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MAN; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION HAZARDS; SELLAFIELD REPROCESSING PLANT; UNITED KINGDOM
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MAMMALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATES
Optional Information
- Notes
- Report of a lecture given by Professor M.J. Gardner of the Medical Research Council on 21 October 1986.