The 15-country collaborative study of cancer risk among radiation workers in the nuclear industry: Estimates of radiation-related cancer risks

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The 15-country collaborative study of cancer risk among radiation workers in the nuclear industry: Estimates of radiation-related cancer risks

Publicated to:Radiation Research. 167 (4): 396-416 - 2007-04-01 167(4), DOI: 10.1667/RR0553.1

Authors: Cardis, E; Vrijheid, M; Blettner, M; Gilbert, E; Hakama, M; Hill, C; Howe, G; Kaldor, J; Muirhead, C R; Schubauer-Berigan, M; Yoshimura, T; Bermann, F; Cowper, G; Fix, J; Hacker, C; Heinmiller, B; Marshall, M; Thierry-Chef, I; Utterback, D; Ahn, Y-O; Amoros, E; Ashmore, P; Auvinen, A; Bae, J-M; Bernar, J; Biau, A; Combalot, E; Deboodt, P; Sacristan, A Diez; Eklof, M; Engels, H; Engholm, G; Gulis, G; Habib, R R; Holan, K; Hyvonen, H; Kerekes, A; Kurtinaitis, J; Malker, H; Martuzzi, M; Mastauskas, A; Monnet, A; Moser, M; Pearce, M S; Richardson, D B; Rodriguez-Artalejo, F; Rogel, A; Tardy, H; Telle-Lamberton, M; Turai, I; Usel, M; Veress, K

Affiliations

American University of Beirut - Author

Asociacion Espanola de la Industria Electrica - Author

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited - Chalk River Lab - Author

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation - Author

Belgian Nuclear Research Center - Author

Columbia University Medical Center - Author

Conseiller Médical du CEA - Author

Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear - Author

Dade Moeller and Associates - Author

Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) - Author

Finnish Cancer Registry - Author

Institut de Cancerologie Gustave Roussy - Author

International Agency for Research on Cancer - Author

International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna - Author

IRSN Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire - Author

Jeju National University - Author

Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz - Author

Kirby Institute - Author

Laboratoires Nucleaires Canadiens - Author

National Cancer Institute - Author

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Author

National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene Budapest - Author

Radiation Protection Bureau - Author

Radiation Protection Centre - Author

Radiation Protection Division - Author

Seoul National University College of Medicine - Author

Serono International SA - Author

Slovenské Elektrárne, A.S. - Author

Socialstyrelsen National Board of Health and Welfare - Author

Statens Vattenfallsverk Forsmark - Author

STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority - Author

Sundsvall Hospital - Author

Swiss Federal Office of Public Health - Author

Tampereen Yliopisto - Author

Twin Trees - Author

University of Occupational and Environmental Health - Author

University of Ottawa, Canada - Author

University of Trnava - Author

Vilniaus universitetas - Author

WHO European Centre for Environment and Health - Author

‎ ACEL Radiat Biol & Hlth Phys Branch, Chalk River, ON, Canada - Author

‎ Amer Univ Beirut, Fac Hlth Sci, Beirut, Lebanon - Author

‎ Atom Energy Commiss Canada, Deep River, ON, Canada - Author

‎ Australian Nucl Sci & Technol Org, Radiat Protect Serv, Menai, NSW 2234, Australia - Author

‎ CEA, Conseiller Med, Paris, France - Author

‎ CEN SCK, Nucl Res Ctr, Radiat Protect Div, B-2400 Mol, Belgium - Author

‎ Columbia Univ, Dept Epidemiol, Mailman Sch Publ Hlth, New York, NY USA - Author

‎ Consejo Seguridad Nucl, Madrid, Spain - Author

‎ Dade Moeller & Associates, Richland, WA USA - Author

‎ DEAS, DESTQ, Inst Radioprotect & Surete Nucl, Le Vesinet, France - Author

‎ FANC, Brussels, Belgium - Author

‎ Fed Off Publ Hlth, Bern, Switzerland - Author

‎ Finnish Canc Registry, FIN-00170 Helsinki, Finland - Author

‎ Hlth Canada, Radiat Protect Bur, Ottawa, ON K1A 0L2, Canada - Author

‎ Hlth Protect Agcy, Radiat Protect Div, Didcot, Oxon, England - Author

‎ Inst Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France - Author

‎ Int Agcy Res Canc, F-69372 Lyon 08, France - Author

‎ Jeju Natl Univ, Coll Med, Dept Prevent Med, Chejudo, South Korea - Author

‎ Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Med Biometrie, D-6500 Mainz, Germany - Author

‎ Natl Board Hlth & Welf, Stockholm, Sweden - Author

‎ Natl Ctr HIV Epidemiol & Clin Res, Sydney, NSW, Australia - Author

‎ Natl Fodor Jozsef Publ Hlth Cre, Natl Frederic Joliot Curie, Res Inst Radiobiol & Radiohyg, Budapest, Hungary - Author

‎ NCI, Radiat Epidemiol Branch, Div Epidemiol & Genet, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA - Author

‎ Newcastle Univ, Paediat & Lifecourse Epidemiol Res Grp, Sch Clin Med Sci, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tyne & Wear, England - Author

‎ NIOSH, Cincinnati, OH 45226 USA - Author

‎ Radiat Protect Ctr, Vilnius, Lithuania - Author

‎ Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Chapel Hill, NC USA - Author

‎ Seoul Natl Univ, Coll Med, Dept Prevent Med, Seoul, South Korea - Author

‎ Serono Int SA, Geneva, Switzerland - Author

‎ Slovenske Elektrarne AS, Bratislava, Slovakia - Author

‎ Statens Vattenfallsverk Forsmark, Osthammer, Sweden - Author

‎ STUK Radiat & Nucl Safety Author, Helsinki, Finland - Author

‎ Sundsvall Hosp, Midsweden Res & Dev Ctr, Sundsvall, Sweden - Author

‎ Trnava Univ, Dept Hyg & Epidemiol, Fac Hlth Care & Social Work, Trnava, Slovakia - Author

‎ Twin Trees, Didcot, Oxon, England - Author

‎ UNESA, Madrid, Spain - Author

‎ Univ Occupat & Environm Hlth, Dept Clin Epidemiol, Inst Ind Ecol Sci, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 807, Japan - Author

‎ Univ Tampere, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland - Author

‎ Vilnius State Univ, Lithuanian Canc Registry, Inst Oncol, Vilnius, Lithuania - Author

‎ WHO, European Ctr Environm & Hlth, Rome, Italy - Author

Abstract

Keywords

AgeCause-specific mortalityExternal ionizing-radiationFollow-upHanford siteLung-cancerNational dose registryOccupational-exposurePlutoniumRates

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The work has been published in the journal Radiation Research due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2007, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Radiation. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 78.54, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-02, the following number of citations:

WoS: 467
Scopus: 605
Europe PMC: 360

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This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Australia; Austria; Belgium; Canada; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Japan; Lebanon; Lithuania; Republic of Korea; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (CARDIS MERSCH, ELISABETH) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been CARDIS MERSCH, ELISABETH.

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