Lung cancer in nuclear workers of Mayak: A comparison of numerical procedures

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-17

  Khokhryakov, V F ^a   Kellerer, A M ^b   Kreisheimer, M ^b   Romanov, S A ^a  

^a N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; USSR;

EID: 0031838434     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050086     Document Type: Article

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