Occupational Radiation Exposures
Radiation Epidemiology Branch (REB) investigators plan and conduct studies of populations exposed to occupational radiation. Selected studies include:
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Chornobyl Clean-Up Workers
Studies of leukemia risk among clean-up workers at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine
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Study of Mortality in Radiologists and Physicians Performing Fluoroscopically-guided Interventional Procedures
A study of cancer mortality in radiologists and physicians performing fluoroscopically-guided procedures.
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Radiation Dose Estimation for Medical Radiation Workers
Data used in reconstruction and estimation of exposures of medical radiation workers in the U.S. Radiologic Technologists Study
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Occupational EMF and Adult Brain Tumors
A case-control study of the association of occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and adult brain tumors
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U.S. Radiologic Technologists Cohort (USRT) - The Rad Tech Study
The Rad Tech (USRT) Study investigates cancer and other serious disease risks associated with protracted low-to-moderate dose radiation exposures in an occupationally exposed cohort in the United States.