Table 1 Cumulative exposures to radon progeny (in WLM) among the Wismut miners cohort members

From: Lung cancer risk among German male uranium miners: a cohort study, 1946–1998

  

WLM

Place of work

Cohort members

Mean

Min

Max

All exposed

50 757

280.2

>0

3 224.5

Undergrounda

39 726

332.1

>0

3 224.5

Processing/millingb

4451

8.1

0.01

126.9

Open pit miningc

1277

3.4

>0

34.6

Surfaced

1093

1.8

0.01

28.0

Mixed exposuree

4210

235.2

>0

2790.6

Not exposed

8244

0

0

0

All

59 001

241.1

0

3224.5

  1. WLM=working level month.
  2. aUnderground only.
  3. bProcessing/milling only.
  4. cOpen pit mining only.
  5. dSurface only, other than open pit mining or milling and processing.
  6. eExposed at different work places.
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