Childhood leukemia in Belarus before and after the chernobyl accident

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-80

  Ivanov, E P ^a   Tolochko, G V ^a   Shuvaeva, L P ^a   Becker, S ^b   Nekolla, E ^b   Kellerer, A M ^b,c  

^a Research Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (RIHBT)   (Belarus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; USSR;

EID: 0029944968     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02434028     Document Type: Article

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