Cancer mortality around U.S. nuclear power plants
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Cancer mortality around U.S. nuclear power plants
Introduction: There is concern about cancer risk from living near nuclear power plants (NPP). Different studies yield different results and this study seeks to add to the body of knowledge on the topic. Methods: Using an ecological design, pair-wise comparisons were made for cancer death rates (CDR) in three county classifications for U.S. NPPs: counties where a NPP was located, counties that b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2054-9911
DOI: 10.7243/2054-9911-3-6