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Gulf War and Health: Volume 1. Depleted Uranium, Sarin, Pyridostigmine Bromide, Vaccines

TABLE 4.9 Lung Cancer Mortality

Reference	Study Site	Study Group (n)	No. of Observed Deaths	No. of Expected Deaths	SMR (95% CI)	Gradient of Risk with Increased Radiation^a	Disease Classification
Wagoner et al., 1964	Uranium mills and mines, Colorado Plateau	611^b	0	1.9	0	Not stated	International Lists, 6th Revision: 160–164
Archer et al., 1973a	Uranium mills, Colorado Plateau	662	4	4.26	94 (−3 to 191)	Not stated	International Lists, 6th Revision: 160–164
Polednak and Frome, 1981	Y-12 uranium processing plant, Oak Ridge, TN	18,869	324	296.47	109 (97–121)^c	No gradient of risk	Lung cancer
Hadjimichael et al., 1983	Nuclear fuel fabricating plant, Connecticut	2,613^d	14	14.7	95 (52–160)	No gradient of risk	ICDA-8:160–163
Waxweiler et al., 1983	Uranium mills, Colorado Plateau	2,002	26	31.4	83 (54–121)	Not stated	ICD-7:162–163
Stayner et al., 1985	Phosphate fertilizer production plant, Florida	3,199	10	8.85	113 (61–192)^e	Not stated	Trachea, bronchus, lung
Brown and Bloom, 1987	Uranium enrichment plant, Portsmouth, OH	5,773	48	54.6	88 (65–117)	No gradient of risk	ICD-7:160–164