Increased risk of salivary gland tumors after low-dose irradiation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1095-1097

  Modan, Baruch ^a,b   Chetrit, Angela ^a   Alfandary, Esther ^a   Tamir, Arnon ^a   Lusky, Ayala ^a   Wolf, Michael ^a   Shpilberg, Ofer ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Radiation; Salivary glands; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; TINEA CAPITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; REGISTRIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 0031777542     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199807000-00026     Document Type: Article

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