HSE investigation of leukaemia and other cancers in the children of male workers at Sellafield.

Great Britain. Health and Safety Executive.

Date:: 1993

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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: HSE investigation of leukaemia and other cancers in the children of male workers at Sellafield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS __ iv BACKGROUND TO HSE INVESTIGATION / INTRODUCTION TO THE HSE STUDIES 3 Aims and contribution of each study 3 Development of investigation protocol 4h Overall study management arrangements 5 THE CASE-ONLY STUDY 7 Objectives 7. Working methods 8 Findings of the case-only study 8 THE RADIATION DOSE STUDY 10 Objectives lO Working methods 10 Findings of the radiation dose study 14 MAIN CASE-CONTROL STUDY /5 Objectives and overall plan 15 identification of cases and controls 16 Extraction of information and production of dossiers Statistical methods 23 Findings of the case-control study 28 DISCUSSION 47 The Case-only Study 47 19 CONCLUSIONS 54 REFERENCES 57 GLOSSARY 59 APPENDICES 1 Case-control study - identification of cases and controls 6/7 2 Data extraction 87 3 Statistical methods, definition of variables and detailed Results 109