Epidemiological studies of UK test veterans: I. General description.

Journal article

This review gives a general account of how and why epidemiological studies of UK participants in the nuclear weapons test programme were set up. There is a short description of the circumstances in which the tests were planned and executed and a discussion of the general considerations involved in designing studies to show whether the health of test participants suffered as a result of the tests. The companion review article summarises the results of the epidemiological studies.

Authors: Kendall, G; Muirhead, C; Darby, S; Doll, R; Arnold, L

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 199-217
• Publication date: 2004-09-01
• DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/24/3/001
• EISSN: 1361-6498
• ISSN: 0952-4746
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Epidemiologic Methods; Radioactive Fallout; Veterans; Radiation Injuries; Nuclear Warfare; Great Britain; Australia; Risk; Leukemia, Radiation-Induced; Pacific Islands