Intracranial meningioma and ionizing radiation in medical and occupational settings

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 350-352

  Phillips, L E ^a   Frankenfeld, C L ^a   Drangsholt, M ^b   Koepsell, T D ^a,c   Van Belle, G ^a   Longstreth Jr , W T ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 12544250988     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000149766.65843.19     Document Type: Article

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