Mortality among Radiation Workers at Rocketdyne (Atomics International), 1948–1999

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Boice, Jr., J. D., Cohen, S. S., Mumma, M. T., Ellis, E. D., Eckerman, K. F., Leggett, R. W., Boecker, B. B., Brill, A. B. and Henderson, B. E. Mortality among Radiation Workers at Rocketdyne (Atomics International), 1948–1999. Radiat. Res. 166, 98–115 (2006). A retrospective cohort mortality study was conducted of workers engaged in nuclear technology development and employed for at least 6 months at Rocketdyne (Atomics International) facilities in California, 1948–1999. Lifetime occupational doses were derived from company records and linkages with national dosimetry data sets. International Commission on Radiation Protection (ICRP) biokinetic models were used to estimate radiation doses to 16 organs or tissues after the intake of radionuclides. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) compared the observed numbers of deaths with those expected in the general population of California. Cox proportional hazards models were used to evaluate dose–response trends over categories of cumulative radiation ...