Intracranial tumors after exposure to ionizing radiation during infancy: A pooled analysis of two swedish cohorts of 28,008 infants with skin hemangioma

Radiation Research

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 357-364

  Karlsson, Per ^a   Holmberg, Erik ^a   Lundell, Marie ^b   Mattsson, Anders ^b   Holm, Lars Erik ^c   Wallgren, Arne ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN HEMANGIOMA;

EID: 0031704938     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579984     Document Type: Article

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