Childhood cancer and residential radon exposure - Results of a population-based case-control study in Lower Saxony (Germany)

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-215

  Kaletsch, U ^a   Kaatsch, P ^a   Meinert, R ^a   Schuz J ^a   Czarwinski, R ^b   Michaelis, J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Children; CNS tumour; Environmental exposure; Indoor radon; Leukaemia

Indexed keywords

RADON 222;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RADON;

EID: 0032857810     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050158     Document Type: Article

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