Table 1 Exposures of the Wismut cohort, 1946–2003

From: Quantitative relationship between silica exposure and lung cancer mortality in German uranium miners, 1946–2003

Cumulative exposure to

Exposed (%)

Mean

Median

Max

s.d.

Silica (mg m−3-years)

100

5.9

1.8

56

8.0

Radon (WLM)

86

280

33

3224

445

Arsenic (μg m−3-years)

31

121

67

1417

145

  1. Abbreviation: WLM=working level months.
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