1998 results of the first series of follow-up studies on Japanese Thorotrast patients and their relationships to an autopsy series

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Mori, T ^a   Fukutomi, K ^b   Kato, Y ^a   Hatakeyama, S ^c   Machinami, R ^d   Tanooka, H ^e   Ishikawa, Y ^f   Kumatori, T ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^g Radiation Effects Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THORIUM DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032715059     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580118     Document Type: Article

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