Leukemia in childhood and adolescence and exposure to ionizing radiation in homes built from uranium-containing alum shale concrete

Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 146-150

  Axelson, Olav ^a   Fredrikson, Mats ^a   Åkerblom, Gustav ^a   Hardell, Lennart ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute lymphatic leukemia; Construction; Gamma radiation; Radon

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE; RADON; URANIUM;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GAMMA RAYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; ODDS RATIO; RADON; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036172109     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200203000-00008     Document Type: Article

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