Thyroid cancer in French Polynesia between 1985 and 1995: Influence of atmospheric nuclear bomb tests performed at Mururoa and Fangataufa between 1966 and 1974

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-63

  De Vathaire, Florent ^a   Le Vu, Béatrice ^a   Challeton De Vathaire, Cécile ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Office de Protection Contre les Rayonnements Ionisants (OPRI)   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; French polynesia; Neoplasm; Nuclear bomb tests; Radiation induced; Thyroid neoplasm

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC WARFARE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POLYNESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REGISTER; THYROID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; POLYNESIA; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; REGISTRIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033629313     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008961503506     Document Type: Article

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