Risk of cancer after low doses of ionising radiation - Retrospective cohort study in 15 countries

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7508, 2005, Pages 77-80

  Cardis, E ^a   Vrijheid, M ^a   Blettner, M ^b   Gilbert, E ^c   Hakama, M ^d   Hill, C ^e   Howe, G ^f   Kaldor, J ^g   Muirhead, C R ^h   Schubauer Berigan, M ⁱ   Yoshimura, T ^j   Bermann, F ^k   Cowper, G ^l   Fix, J ^m   Hacker, C ⁿ   Heinmiller, B ^o   Marshall, M ^p   Thierry Chef, I ^a   Utterback, D ⁱ   Ahn, Y O ^q   Amoros, E ^r   Ashmore, P ^s   Auvinen, A ^d   Bae, J M ^t   Bernar Solano, J ^u   Biau, A ^v   Combalot, E ^a   Deboodt, P ^w   Diez Sacristan, A ^x   Eklof, M ^y   Engels, H ^w   Engholm, G ^z   Gulis, G ^aa   Habib, R ^ab   Holan, K ^ac   Hyvonen, H ^ad   Kerekes, A ^ae   Kurtinaitis, J ^af   Malker, H ^ag   Martuzzi, M ^ah   Mastauskas, A ^ai   Monnet, A ^aj   Moser, M ^ak   Pearce, M S ^al   Richardson, D B ^am   Rodriguez Artalejo, F ^an   Rogel, A ^ao   Tardy, H ^a   Telle Lamberton, M ^ao   Turai, I ^ae   Usel, M ^ap   Veress, K ^aq   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^f Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^j FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^k Conseiller Médical du CEA ^*  (France)

^l ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^m PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^o CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^p Twin Trees   (United Kingdom)

^q Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^r University Lyon   (France)

^s HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^t Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^u UNESA   (Spain)

^v Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety   (France)

^w BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^x Presidenta de la Comisión Nacional de Radiofísica Vocal del Comité Asesor del Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear Expresidenta de la Sociedad Española de Protección Radiológica   (Spain)

^y Statens Vattenfallsverk Forsmark   (Sweden)

^z UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^aa TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^ab AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^ac Slovenske Elektrarne   (Slovakia)

^ad Doseco Ltd   (Finland)

^ae National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^af VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^ag Department of Research and Development ^*  (Sweden)

^ah WHO European Centre for Environment and Health   (Italy)

^ai Radiation Protection Centre   (Lithuania)

^aj Serono International SA   (Switzerland)

^ak FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^al NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^am IL   (United States)

^an UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^ao INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^ap Geneva Medical Inspectorate of Factories   (Switzerland)

^aq SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IONIZING RADIATION; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MANPOWER; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POWER PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 22144471920     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38499.599861.E0     Document Type: Article

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