Research on Power Plants

The National Library of Medicine's indexers, who file every article in PubMed under subject headings (MeSH), filed 28 studies in our library under “Power Plants” or “Nuclear Power Plants” as a main topic. The indexing is NLM's, not ours. For what these studies mean for people exposed, read our page on power plants. Each entry links to the study on PubMed and to its journal's page in our library, where you can read the abstract.

2020s

• Health Effects of Occupational and Environmental Exposures to Nuclear Power Plants: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression. R.T. Lin, H. Boonhat, Y.Y. Lin, et al. Current Environmental Health Reports 2024;11(3):329-339. Meta-analysis · Review PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

2010s

• Cancer incidence in UK electricity generation and transmission workers, 1973-2015. T.M. Sorahan. Occupational Medicine 2019;69(5):342-351. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text
• Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at department of energy nuclear sites: Follow-up through 2016. K. Ringen, J. Dement, S. Hines, et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2019;62(9):742-754. PubMed · Publisher
• Cancer and non-cancer mortality among French uranium cycle workers: the TRACY cohort. E. Samson, I. Piot, S. Zhivin, et al. BMJ Open 2016;6(4):e010316. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text
• Exposure to airborne asbestos in thermal power plants in Mongolia. N. Damiran, E.K. Silbergeld, A.L. Frank, et al. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 2015;21(2):137-41. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text
• Mesothelioma in Mongolia: case report. N. Damiran, K. Davaajav, E. Erdenebayar, et al. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 2015;21(2):166-8. Case report PubMed · Publisher · Free full text
• Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at department of energy (DOE) nuclear sites: follow-up through 2011. K. Ringen, J. Dement, L. Welch, et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2015;58(2):152-67. PubMed · Publisher
• Cancer incidence in UK electricity generation and transmission workers, 1973-2008. T. Sorahan. Occupational Medicine 2012;62(7):496-505. PubMed · Publisher
• French cohort of the uranium processing workers: mortality pattern after 30-year follow-up. I. Guseva Canu, E. Cardis, C. Metz-Flamant, et al. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 2010;83(3):301-8. PubMed · Publisher

2000s

• The Latrobe Valley: perspectives on asbestos issues. V. Hamilton. New Solutions 2008;18(3):375-8. PubMed · Publisher
• Occupational exposure to asbestos during renovation of oil-shale fuelled power plants in Estonia. M. Kangur. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics 2007;13(3):341-6. PubMed · Publisher
• Cancer incidence among Australian nuclear industry workers. R.R. Habib, S.M. Abdallah, M. Law, et al. Journal of Occupational Health 2006;48(5):358-65. PubMed · Publisher
• Mortality of UK electricity generation and transmission workers, 1973-2002. L. Nichols, T. Sorahan. Occupational Medicine 2005;55(7):541-8. PubMed · Publisher
• Mortality rates among nuclear industry workers at Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre. R.R. Habib, S.M. Abdallah, M. Law, et al. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2005;29(3):229-37. PubMed · Publisher
• Occupational exposures during routine activities in coal-fueled power plants. M.J. Bird, D.L. MacIntosh, P.L. Williams. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 2004;1(6):403-13. PubMed · Publisher
• Non-combustible waste vitrification with plasma torch melter. J.K. Park, Y.P. Moon, B.C. Park, et al. Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Part A, Toxic/hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering 2001;36(5):861-71. PubMed · Publisher
• Re: mortality among workers in the geothermal power plants at Larderello, Italy. Am. J. Ind. Med. 35:536-539, 2000. E. Merler, S. Silvestri, L. Mauro, et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2001;39(4):436-7; author reply 438. Comment · Letter PubMed · Publisher

1990s

• Extrapulmonary neoplasms among asbestos-exposed power plant workers. I.G. Ron, H. Ron, Y. Lerman. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 1999;5(4):304-6. Case report PubMed · Publisher
• Mortality among workers in the geothermal power plants at Larderello, Italy. E. Pira, M. Turbiglio, M. Maroni, et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1999;35(5):536-9. PubMed · Publisher
• Risk of cancer among Danish utility workers--a nationwide cohort study. C. Johansen, J.H. Olsen. American Journal of Epidemiology 1998;147(6):548-55. PubMed · Publisher
• Lung cancer in relation to employment in the electrical utility industry and exposure to magnetic fields. D.A. Savitz, V. Dufort, B. Armstrong, et al. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1997;54(6):396-402. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text
• Malignant mesothelioma in thermoelectric power plant workers in Italy. P. Crosignani, F. Forastiere, G. Petrelli, et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1995;27(4):573-6. Case report PubMed · Publisher
• Occupational respiratory cancer and exposure to asbestos: a case-control study in a cohort of workers in the electricity and gas industry. E. Imbernon, M. Goldberg, S. Bonenfant, et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1995;28(3):339-52. PubMed · Publisher
• Asbestos related health hazards among power plant workers. Y. Lerman, A. Finkelstein, Y. Levo, et al. British Journal of Industrial Medicine 1990;47(4):281-2. Case report PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

1980s

• Cancer mortality among workers in a thermoelectric power plant. G. Cammarano, P. Crosignani, F. Berrino, et al. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health 1984;10(4):259-61. PubMed · Publisher
• Lung-function reference values from Victorian power-industry workmen. R. Lazarus. The Medical Journal of Australia 1982;2(3):121-4. PubMed · Publisher

1970s

• Asbestos risk among full-time workers in an electricity-generating power station. A. Hirsch, L. Di Menza, A. Carre, et al. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1979;330:137-45. PubMed · Publisher
• The analysis of lagging materials for asbestos: CEGB procedures. D.L. Ward. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene 1979;22(3):319-23. PubMed · Publisher

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