Mortality among Tennessee Eastman Corporation (TEC) uranium processing workers, 1943–2019
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DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2022.2078003
Abstract: Abstract Background There are few occupational studies of women exposed to ionizing radiation. During World War II, the Tennessee Eastman Corporation (TEC) operated an electromagnetic field separation facility of 1152 calutrons to obtain enriched uranium… read more here.
Keywords: lung cancer; tennessee eastman; lung; eastman corporation ... See more keywords
Reconstructed lung doses for the million person study cohort of 26,650 Tennessee Eastman corporation workers employed between 1942 and 1947
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/acb1be
Abstract: Tennessee Eastman Corporation workers were exposed to uranium dust resulting in high-linear energy transfer (LET) irradiation to lung tissue. In this work, radiation lung doses were reconstructed for 26 650 men and women working at… read more here.
Keywords: corporation workers; lung doses; tennessee eastman; lung ... See more keywords