Studies of the mortality of atomic bomb survivors. Report 12, part I. Cancer: 1950-1990

Radiation Research

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-27

  Pierce, Donald A ^a   Shimizu, Yukiko ^a   Preston, Dale L ^a   Vaeth, Michael ^a   Mabuchi, Kiyohiko ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOLID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RISK; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029900122     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579391     Document Type: Article

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