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Occup Environ Med 2003;60:e18 doi:10.1136/oem.60.12.e18
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Under-ascertainment of multiple myeloma among participants in UK atmospheric atomic and nuclear weapons tests

  1. S R Roff
  1. Correspondence to:
 S R Roff
 Dundee University Medical School, 484 Perth Road, Dundee DD2 1LR, UK; s.l.roffdundee.ac.uk
  • Accepted 4 August 2003

Abstract

An inter-comparison of cases of multiple myeloma among UK participants in the UK’s atmospheric atomic and nuclear weapons tests ascertained by direct follow up methods detected at least a third more cases than a strategy relying solely on data linkage between the Office of National Statistics and the Service Records Offices. These finding have implications for the conduct and robustness of follow up studies of long term health effects among participants in nuclear weapons tests.

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      Occup Environ Med published online March 2, 2004

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