Radium and leukemia: Is current dogma valid?

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 486-488

  Stebbings, James H ^a  

^a Midwest Epidemiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha particles; Leukemia; Plutonium; Radium

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZENE; PLUTONIUM; RADIUM; RADIUM 226; THORIUM DIOXIDE;

ALPHA RADIATION; ELECTRON THERAPY; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WORKER;

EID: 0031912199     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199804000-00012     Document Type: Review

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