Mortality and Childhood Residence Near the Radiologically Contaminated Coldwater Creek, St. Louis, Missouri
Background: Under the top-secret Manhattan Project, improperly stored radioactive byproducts from the processing of uranium contaminated Coldwater Creek in north St. Louis County, Missouri. We used the original 1958 Baby Tooth Survey (BTS) linked with the National Death Index (NDI) to investigate whether childhood resi...