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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: Occup Environ Med. 2020 Jan 31;77(3):194–200. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2019-105981

Table 5:

Description of the results previously published in the PUMA uranium miner cohorts for lung cancer risks

Study (reference number) Workers Lung cancer deaths SMR [95%CI] ERR/100 WLM (95%CI)
Eldorado, Beaverlodge (20) 9,498 279 1.28 [1.13–1.43] 0.96 [0.56, 1.56]
Eldorado, Port Radium (20) 3,047 230 1.63 [1.42–1.84] 0.37 [0.23, 0.59]
Ontario (21) 28,546 1,230 1.34 [1.27–1.42] 0.64 [0.43–0.85]
Czech (25) 9,978 1141 3.47 [3.27, 3.67] 0.97 [0.74–1.27]a
France (22) 5,086 211 1.34 [1.16–1.53] 0.71 [0.31–1.30]
Wismut (53) 58,987 3,942 1.95 [1.90–2.01] 0.19 [0.16–0.22]
Colorado Plateau (24) 4,137 549 4.96 [4.55–5.39] N.E.b
New Mexico (23) 3,469 68 4.00 [3.1–5.1] 1.8 [0.7–5.4]
a

ERR [CI 90%]

b

N.E.: not estimated, but trend tests with cumulative radon exposure categories were positive and significant

c

All data include workers of the Port Hope radium and uranium refinery and processing facility, which would be excluded from the PUMA analysis.

d

From CNSC report 67.