Leukemia among uranium miners - Late effects of exposure to uranium dust? [3]

Health Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 426-427

  Tomasek, Ladislav ^a  

^a NATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

CANCER RISK; DRUG EFFECT; DUST; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BODY BURDEN; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; DUST; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM;

EID: 1542618493     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200404000-00014     Document Type: Letter

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