Mortality of uranium miners in relation to radiation exposure, hard-rock mining and cigarette smoking-1950, through September 1967.

AbstractA mortality study was made of a group of 3414 white underground uranium miners. There were 398 deaths observed vs. 251 deaths expected on the basis of rates for the white male population of the area. Violent deaths (120 vs. 50.5 expected) and malignant neoplasms of the respiratory system (62