K. Binks
12 Papers
135 Citations
K. Binks is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 12 publications.
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Geographical distribution of preconceptional radiation doses to fathers employed at the Sellafield nuclear installation, West Cumbria.
Louise Parker,Alan W. Craft,Julian A. Smith,H O Dickinson,Richard Wakeford,K. Binks,Damien McElvenny,L. Scott,A J M Slovak +8 more
TL;DR: The distribution of the paternal preconceptional radiation dose is statistically incompatible with this exposure providing a causal explanation for the cluster of childhood leukaemias in Seascale.
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Mortality experience of male workers at a UK tin smelter
K. Binks,Richard Doll,M. Gillies,C Holroyd,SR Jones,D McGeoghegan,L. Scott,Richard Wakeford,P Walker +8 more
TL;DR: Lung cancer mortality is consistent with the hypothesis that the risk of lung cancer has been enhanced by occupational exposure to one or more carcinogens, the effect of which diminishes with time since exposure.
Childhood Leukaemia and Nuclear Installations
TL;DR: Evidence exists of raised rates of childhood leukaemia incidence or mortality near certain installations, but the wide variety of functions associated with these establishments, and the relatively large areas over which the discharges would have to act, casts doubt on a direct causal relationship.
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The creation of a database of children of workers at a nuclear facility : an exercise in record linkage
Louise Parker,Julian A. Smith,Heather O Dickinson,K. Binks,Les Scott,Damien McElvenny,Sheila Jones,Richard Wakeford +7 more
TL;DR: A database containing birth certificate details of all 261,176 live births and 4059 stillbirths in Cumbria from 1950 to 1989 is constructed for use as an epidemiological tool to examine the health of those who had parents employed at the nuclear installation, Sellafield, in particular in relation to the occupational radiation dose.
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Mortality and cancer morbidity experience of female workers at the British Nuclear Fuels Sellafield plant, 1946-1998.
TL;DR: This study offers reassurance that there is no detrimental effect on the health of the female workers from occupational exposures at Sellafield and indicates that the risks indicated in other radiation studies are insufficient.
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