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We used the original 1958 Baby Tooth Survey (BTS) linked with the National Death Index (NDI) to investigate whether childhood residential proximity to the creek, as a proxy for radiation exposure, was associated with mortality.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There were 43\u2009876 eligible participants from the BTS (those outside Greater St. Louis and\/or had incomplete covariates were excluded). In December 2023, the NDI was searched for BTS participants who had died. We estimated the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals between distance to Coldwater Creek (per 10\u2009km) and mortality (all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease) adjusting for sex, birth year, and census tract-level socioeconomic indicators.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Living closer to Coldwater Creek was associated with a higher rate of all-cause mortality (HR: 1.05; 95% CI: 1.01\u20131.09; P\u2009=\u2009.01). There was suggestive evidence of an increased rate for cancer mortality: any cancer (HR: 1.06; 95% CI: 1.00\u20131.14; P\u2009=\u2009.06), solid cancer (HR: 1.07, 95% CI: 1.00\u20131.16; P\u2009=\u2009.06) and radiosensitive cancer (HR: 1.10; 95% CI: 1.00\u20131.21; P\u2009=\u2009.05). There was no association with non-radiosensitive cancer and cardiovascular mortality.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study provides new data that suggest living near Coldwater Creek in childhood was positively associated with the rate of all-cause mortality, and to a lesser extent cancer mortality, but not cardiovascular disease mortality. However, these findings should be interpreted cautiously given the lack of data on internal radiation exposure and individual socioeconomic status.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ije\/dyag166","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,5]],"date-time":"2026-08-05T11:45:39Z","timestamp":1785930339000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Mortality and childhood residence near the radiologically contaminated Coldwater Creek, St. Louis, Missouri"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"55","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4831-9566","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michael","family":"Leung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. 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