Research on potential radiation risks in areas with nuclear power plants in Japan: Leukaemia and malignant lymphoma mortality between 1972 and 1997 in 100 selected municipalities

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-368

  Yoshimoto, Yasuhiko ^a   Yoshinaga, Shinji ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhide ^a   Fijimoto, Kenzo ^a   Nishizawa, Kanae ^a   Sasaki, Yasuhito ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ESTIMATION; HEALTH RISKS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

ADULT T-CELL LUEKAEMIA (ATL); EXCESS RELATIVE RISKS (ERR); GEOGRAPHICAL CORRELATION; POISSON REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

RADIATION HAZARDS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION HAZARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POWER PLANTS; RISK;

EID: 12344290342     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/24/4/001     Document Type: Article

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