Cancer following irradiation in childhood and adolescence

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 29-34

  Boice Jr , John D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ADULT; ATOMIC WARFARE; FOLLOW UP; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0029690718     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(1996)27:1+<29::AID-MPO6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Conference Paper

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