Incidence of leukemia, lymphoma and thyroid cancers in children under 15 years old in the vicinity of Marcoule nuclear plant, 1985-95;Incidence des leucemies aigues, lymphomes et cancers thyroidiens chez les enfants de moins de 15 ans vivant autour du site nucleaire de Marcoule de 1985 a 1995

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-217

  Bouges, S ^a,b   Daures J P ^a   Hebrard M ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b Hopital Gaston Doumergue   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimators; Childhood leukemia; Nuclear reprocessing plant; Standardised incidence ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTAMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; THYROID TUMOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POWER PLANTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033051403     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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