Effect of low doses of ionising radiation in infancy on cognitive function in adulthood: Swedish population based cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7430, 2004, Pages 19-21

  Hall, Per ^a   Adami, Hans Olov ^a   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   Lagiou, Pagona ^c   Ekbom, Anders ^a   Ingvar, Martin ^d   Lundell, Marie ^d   Granath, Fredrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOSE RESPONSE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECT; IONIZING RADIATION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LOGIC; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0346688606     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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