A National Cancer Registry to assess trends after the Chernobyl accident

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 134, Issue 43-44, 2004, Pages 645-649

  Okeanov, A E ^a,b   Sosnovskaya, E Y ^a   Priatkina, O P ^a  

^a Clin Inst Radiat Med E R   (Belarus)

^b Laboratory of Thyroidology   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Chernobyl accident; Incidence of different solid cancers; Liquidators

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELARUS; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RURAL AREA; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 10344221116     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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