Congenital abnormalities and indicators of germinal mutations in the vicinity of the Paks nuclear plant, Hungary

Mutagenesis

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-303

  Siffel, Csaba ^a,b   Otos, Miklós ^a   Czeizel, Andrew E ^a  

^a National Institute of Hygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^b OKI National Institute for Public Education Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DATA BASE; DOWN SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0030007402     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/11.3.299     Document Type: Article

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