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Colin R. Muirhead
Researcher at Health Protection Agency
Publications - 83
Citations - 6373
Colin R. Muirhead is an academic researcher from Health Protection Agency. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 82 publications receiving 5954 citations. Previous affiliations of Colin R. Muirhead include National Radiological Protection Board.
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Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies.
Sarah C. Darby,D. Hill,Anssi Auvinen,Juan Miguel Barros-Dios,H. Baysson,Francesco Bochicchio,H. Deo,R. Falk,Francesco Forastiere,Matti Hakama,Iris M. Heid,Lothar Kreienbrock,Michaela Kreuzer,Frédéric Lagarde,Mäkeläinen I,Colin R. Muirhead,Willi Oberaigner,Göran Pershagen,Alberto Ruano-Ravina,E. Ruosteenoja,A. Schaffrath Rosario,Margot Tirmarche,Ladislav Tomasek,Elise Whitley,Heinz Erich Wichmann,Richard Doll +25 more
TL;DR: Collectively, though not separately, these studies show appreciable hazards from residential radon, particularly for smokers and recent ex-smokers, and indicate that it is responsible for about 2% of all deaths from cancer in Europe.
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The 15-Country Collaborative Study of Cancer Risk among Radiation Workers in the Nuclear Industry: Estimates of Radiation-Related Cancer Risks
Elisabeth Cardis,Martine Vrijheid,Maria Blettner,Ethel S. Gilbert,Matti Hakama,Catherine Hill,Geoffrey R. Howe,John M. Kaldor,Colin R. Muirhead,Mary K. Schubauer-Berigan,T. Yoshimura,F. Bermann,G. Cowper,Fix Jj,C. Hacker,B. Heinmiller,M. Marshall,Isabelle Thierry-Chef,D. Utterback,Y. O. Ahn,E. Amoros,P. Ashmore,Anssi Auvinen,Anssi Auvinen,J. M. Bae,J. Bernar,A. Biau,E. Combalot,P. Deboodt,A. Diez Sacristan,M. Eklof,H. Engels,G. Engholm,G. Gulis,Rima R. Habib,K. Holan,H. Hyvonen,A. Kerekes,Juozas Kurtinaitis,H. Malker,M. Martuzzi,A. Mastauskas,A. Monnet,M. Moser,Mark S. Pearce,David B. Richardson,Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo,Agnès Rogel,H. Tardy,M. Telle-Lamberton,I. Turai,M. Usel,K. Veress +52 more
TL;DR: This is the largest analytical epidemiological study of the effects of low-dose protracted exposures to ionizing radiation to date, and shows a strong healthy worker survivor effect in these cohorts.
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Risk of cancer after low doses of ionising radiation: retrospective cohort study in 15 countries
Elisabeth Cardis,Martine Vrijheid,Maria Blettner,Ethel S. Gilbert,Matti Hakama,Catherine Hill,Geoffrey R. Howe,John M. Kaldor,Colin R. Muirhead,Mary K. Schubauer-Berigan,T. Yoshimura,F. Bermann,G. Cowper,Fix Jj,C. Hacker,B. Heinmiller,M. Marshall,Isabelle Thierry-Chef,D. Utterback,Yoon Ok Ahn,E. Amoros,P. Ashmore,Anssi Auvinen,J. M. Bae,J. Bernar Solano,A. Biau,E. Combalot,P. Deboodt,A. Diez Sacristan,M. Eklof,H. Engels,G. Engholm,G. Gulis,Rima R. Habib,K. Holan,H. Hyvonen,A. Kerekes,Juozas Kurtinaitis,H. Malker,M. Martuzzi,A. Mastauskas,A. Monnet,M. Moser,Mark S. Pearce,David B. Richardson,Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo,Agnès Rogel,H. Tardy,M. Telle-Lamberton,I. Turai,M. Usel,K. Veress +51 more
TL;DR: Estimates of risk of cancer after protracted low doses of ionising radiation after nuclear workers in the largest study of nuclear workers ever conducted are higher than, but statistically compatible with, the risk estimates used for current radiation protection standards.
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Residential radon and lung cancer – detailed results of a collaborative analysis of individual data on 7148 persons with lung cancer and 14 208 persons without lung cancer from 13 epidemiologic studies in Europe
Sarah C. Darby,D. Hill,H. Deo,Anssi Auvinen,Juan Miguel Barros-Dios,H. Baysson,Francesco Bochicchio,R. Falk,Sara Farchi,Adolfo Figueiras,Matti Hakama,Iris M. Heid,Nezahat Hunter,Lothar Kreienbrock,Michaela Kreuzer,Frédéric Lagarde,Mäkeläinen I,Colin R. Muirhead,Wilhelm Oberaigner,Göran Pershagen,E. Ruosteenoja,Angelika Schaffrath Rosario,Margot Tirmarche,Ladislav Tomasek,Elise Whitley,Heinz-Erich Wichmann,Richard Doll +26 more
TL;DR: These data provide firm evidence that residential radon acts as a cause of lung cancer in the general population and provide a solid basis for the formulation of policies with which to manage risk from radon and reduce deaths from the most common fatal cancer in Europe.
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Mortality and cancer incidence following occupational radiation exposure: third analysis of the National Registry for Radiation Workers
Colin R. Muirhead,Jacqueline O'Hagan,Richard Haylock,M. A. Phillipson,T. Willcock,G. L.C. Berridge,Wei Zhang +6 more
TL;DR: This analysis provides the most precise estimates to date of mortality and cancer risks following occupational radiation exposure and strengthens the evidence for raised risks from these exposures.