Study overview
Overview
- Study title
- Karunagappally Cohort Study
- Participants enrolled
- 359,619
- Lead institute
- Natural Background Radiation Cancer Registry (NBRCR)
- Principal investigator (PI)
- Padmavathy Amma Jayalekshmy (NBRCR)
- Study design
- Longitudinal/Prospective
- Location
- Kerala (Karunagappally)
- Single / multiple sites
- Single Site
- Key highlights
- The Karunagappally Cohort Study is a large population-based cohort in Kerala investigating the health effects of chronic exposure to high natural background radiation from thorium-rich monazite sands. The study follows about 350,000 residents to evaluate associations between radiation exposure and cancer incidence and mortality.
- Reference paper 1
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.23618
- Reference paper 2
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19066487/
Insights & criteria
Insights
- Socio‑demographic / economic
- Rural Setting
- Recruitment and timeline
- 1990-1997
- Follow‑up
- Average 10.5 years Follow-up
- Keywords
- Cancer, Epidemiology, Environmental Exposures
Details
Details
- Age group
- 30-84 years
- Gender
- Men & Women
- Scope
- National
- Category
- Disease-Specific Cohort