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Cancer mortality in small areas around nuclear facilities in England and Wales

British Journal of Cancer volume 50, pages 815–824 (1984)Cite this article

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Cancer mortality trends were examined for the small areas around fourteen nuclear and five non-nuclear facilities in England and Wales. Using routine OPCS mortality data, standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) for these areas were computed for selected causes of death. Changes in the SMRs were then sought by comparing the SMRs for the five years before the facility opened with the period 10 (in some cases 15) years after start-up, and by computing the weighted regression of the SMRs on calendar year. These analyses indicate no overall pattern of increasing cancer SMRs around nuclear facilities.

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Baron, J. Cancer mortality in small areas around nuclear facilities in England and Wales. Br J Cancer 50, 815–824 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1984.261

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