This study looked at mortality and cancer outcomes for servicemen who may have been exposed to radiation during the British Nuclear tests in Australia.
Temporal coverage
From 1/1/1952 to 25/12/2003
Geographical coverage
National
Data availability
Data scope
The study investigated the health effects of participation in the British nuclear tests in Australia. The mortality study, which compared the number of deaths in test participants with that of the general population from the time of the nuclear tests to the end of 2001; and the cancer study, which compared the number of cases of cancer, whether fatal or not, in test participants, with that in the general population from 1982 to the end of 2001, and compared radiation exposure of participants with and without leukaemia.
Methodology
Admin data
Metadata information and data quality statement (DQS)
British Nuclear Testing in Australia Studies
External links and information
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