An ecological analysis of leukemia incidence around the highest 137Cs concentration in Poland

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 653-659

  Tukiendorf, A ^a  

^a OPOLE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

137Cs; Leukemia; Standardized morbidity ratio

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; BAYES THEOREM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; POLAND; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UKRAINE;

EID: 0034864597     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011293224832     Document Type: Article

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