Induction of malignant bone tumors in radium-224 patients: Risk estimates based on the improved dosimetry

Radiation Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-103

  Nekolla, E A ^a   Kreisheimer, M ^a   Kellerer, A M ^a,b   Kuse Isingschulte, M ^a   Gossner W ^b   Spiess, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIUM 224;

ADULT; ALPHA RADIATION; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034003187     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2000)153[0093:IOMBTI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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