Further follow-up of New Zealand participants in United Kingdom atmospheric nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-145

  Pearce, Neil ^a   Winkelmann, Regina ^a   Kennedy, Josephine ^a   Lewis, Simon ^a   Purdie, Gordon ^a   Slater, Tania ^a   Prior, Ian ^a   Fraser, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b New Zealand Fluoridation Information Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

hematologic cancers; leukemia; men; New Zealand; non Hodgkin's lymphoma; nuclear tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030891808     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018407927076     Document Type: Article

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