RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Under-ascertainment of multiple myeloma among participants in UK atmospheric atomic and nuclear weapons tests
JF Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JO Occup Environ Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e18
OP e18
DO 10.1136/oem.60.12.e18
VO 60
IS 12
A1 S R Roff
YR 2003
UL http://oem.bmj.com/content/60/12/e18.abstract
AB 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.