Variations with time and age in the relative risks of solid cancer incidence after radiation exposure

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 159-177

  Little, M P ^a   De Vathaire, F ^b   Charles, M W ^c   Hawkins, M M ^d   Muirhead, C R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Childhood Cancer Research Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0031447021     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/17/3/004     Document Type: Article

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