Trends in infant leukaemia in West Germany in relation to in utero exposure due to the Chernobyl accident

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-93

  Steiner, M ^a   Burkart, W ^a   Grosche, B ^a   Kaletsch, U ^b   Michaelis, J ^b  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DOSE RESPONSE; GAMMA RADIATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NUCLEAR REACTORS; POWER PLANTS; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION, IONIZING; UKRAINE;

EID: 0031721762     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050099     Document Type: Article

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