Two recent radiation-related genetic false alarms: Leukemia in West Cumbria, England, and minisatellite mutations in Belarus

Teratology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 302-306

  Neel, James V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE;

BELARUS; CANCER RISK; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BYELARUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, SATELLITE; ENGLAND; ETHICS; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RESEARCH; UKRAINE;

EID: 0032956813     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199904)59:4<302::AID-TERA17>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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