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Reference papers and reports

Updated 14 October 2022

Reference papers

Darby SC, Kendall GM, Fell TP, O’Hagan JA, Muirhead CR, Ennis JR. A summary of mortality and incidence of cancer in men from the United Kingdom who participated in the United Kingdom’s atmospheric nuclear weapon tests and experimental programmes. British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition). 1988;296(6618):332 to 338

Darby SC, Kendall GM, Fell TP, Doll R, Goodill AA, Conquest AJ. Further follow up of mortality and incidence of cancer in men from the United Kingdom who participated in the United Kingdom’s atmospheric nuclear weapon tests and experimental programmes. British Medical Journal. 1993;307(6918):1530 to 1535

Muirhead CR, Bingham D, Haylock RG, O’Hagan JA, Goodill AA, Berridge GL. Follow up of mortality and incidence of cancer 1952-98 in men from the UK who participated in the UK’s atmospheric nuclear weapon tests and experimental programmes. Occupational Environmental Medicine. 2003;60(3):165 to 172

Reference reports

Darby SC, Kendall GM, Fell TP, O’Hagan JA, Muirhead CR, Ennis JR. Mortality and cancer incidence in UK participants in UK atmospheric nuclear weapon tests and experimental programmes. Chilton, National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) Report R214. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; 1988. ISBN 0 85951 297 5

Darby SC, Kendall GM, Fell TP, Doll R, Goodill AA, Conquest AJ, and others. Mortality and cancer incidence 1952-1990 in UK participants in the UK atmospheric nuclear weapon tests and experimental programmes. Chilton, National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) Report R266. London: HMSO; 1993. ISBN 0 85951 369 6

Muirhead CR, Bingham D, Haylock RG, O’Hagan JA, Goodill AA, Berridge GL. Mortality and cancer incidence 1952-1998 in the UK atmospheric nuclear weapons tests and experimental programmes. Chilton, National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) Report W27; 2003. ISBN 0 85951 499 4

Reissland JA. Protocol for a study of the health of UK participants in the UK atmospheric nuclear weapon tests. Chilton, National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) Report R154;1983. ISBN 0 85951 210 X

Review papers

Kendall G M, Muirhead C R, Darby S C, Doll R, Arnold L, O’Hagan J A. Epidemiological studies of UK test veterans: I General description. Journal of Radiological Protection, 24, 199 to 217

Muirhead C R, Kendall G M, Darby S C, Doll R, Haylock R G E, O’Hagan J A, Berridge G L C, English M A, Hunter N. Epidemiological studies of UK test veterans: II Mortality and cancer incidence. Journal of Radiological Protection, 24, 219 to 241.