Mortality among uranium miners in North America and Europe: the Pooled Uranium Miners Analysis (PUMA)

ConclusionsWhereas there are important obstacles to the ability to detect adverse effects of occupational exposures via SMR analyses, PUMA provides evidence of excess mortality among uranium miners due to a range of categories of cause of death. The persistent elevation of SMRs with time since first hire as a uranium miner underscores the importance of long-term follow-up of these workers.
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research