Case-control study of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and residential radon exposure

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 294-300

  Lubin, Jay H ^a,e   Linet, Martha S ^a   Boice Jr , John D ^a   Buckley, Jonathan ^b   Conrath, Susan M ^c   Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a   Kleinerman, Ruth A ^a   Tarone, Robert E ^a   Wacholder, Sholom ^a   Robison, Leslie L ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALPHA RADIATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0032542529     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.4.294     Document Type: Article

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