Associations between childhood cancer and ionizing radiation: Results of a population-based case-control study in Germany

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 793-799

  Meinert, Rolf ^a   Kaletsch, Uwe ^a   Kaatsch, Peter ^a   Schüz, Joachim ^a   Michaelis, Jörg ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0032830294     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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