Recent epidemiological studies on ionizing radiation and childhood cancer in Germany

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-381

  Michaelis, J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POWER PLANTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031918242     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530098142202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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