Incidence of thyroid cancer in Scandinavia following fallout from atomic bomb testing: An analysis of birth cohorts

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-187

  Lund, Eiliv ^a   Galanti, Maria Rosaria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Tobacco Prevention Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Cumulative incidence; Fallout; Iodine 131; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; THYROID CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANDINAVIA; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033000620     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008815327004     Document Type: Article

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