American Journal of Public Health · 1990 · 35 citations · 6 references
Hazardous WasteNuclear Waste ManagementEngineeringEpidemiologic ResearchRadioactive WasteWaste DisposalCase-control StudyEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental HealthToxicologyHealth EffectsPublic HealthPopulation ExposureConfidence IntervalsHuman ExposureEcotoxicologyWaste ManagementEpidemiologyRadioactive Waste DisposalEnvironmental EngineeringEnvironmental DiseaseEnvironmental ToxicologyBirth Defects
A case-control study of 112 households residing in the vicinity of a thorium waste disposal site found a higher prevalence of birth defects (RR 2.1) and liver diseases (RR 2.3) among exposed than the unexposed group. The numbers were quite small and the confidence intervals wide, however, so that no definite conclusions can be drawn from these data.
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Health Survey in High Background Radiation Areas in China
Science · 1980 · 88 citations
Cancer Incidence in the Love Canal Area
Dwight T. Janerich, William S. Burnett, Gerald Feck et al. · Science · 1981 · 65 citations