A comparison of the risks of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the first generation offspring (F1) of the Danish Thorotrast patients with those observed in other studies of parental pre-conception irradiation

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-36

  Little, M P ^a   Wakeford, R ^b   Charles, M W ^c   Andersson, M ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; PLUTONIUM; THORIUM DIOXIDE;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; NEUROSURGERY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TESTIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030322322     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/16/1/004     Document Type: Review

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