From 1946 to 1990 extensive uranium mining was conducted in the southern parts of the former German Democratic Republic. Theoverall workforce included several 100 000 individuals. A cohort of 59 001 former male employees of the Wismut Company wasestablished, forming a large retrospective uranium miners’ cohort for the time period 1946–1998.

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