Health effects of a thorium waste disposal site.
case_control · Level III
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Radiation Injuries
- Radioactive Waste
- Thorium