Protocol for a cohort mortality study of occupational radiation exposure based on the national dose registry of Canada

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1997, Pages

  Ashmore, J P ^a   Krewski, D ^a   Zielinski, J M ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGISTRATION;

EID: 0030853482     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)00018-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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