Risk of childhood leukaemia in the vicinity of nuclear installations - Findings and recent controversies

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-24

  Laurier, Dominique ^a   Grosche, Bernd ^a   Hall, Per ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; TUMORS;

LEUKAEMIA;

DISEASES;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036218343     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418602317314019     Document Type: Review

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