A reanalysis of thyroid neoplasms in the Israeli tinea capitis study accounting for dose uncertainties

Radiation Research

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 359-368

  Lubin, Jay H ^a   Schafer, Daniel W ^b   Ron, Elaine ^a   Stovall, Marilyn ^c   Carroll, Raymond J ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CHILD; DOSIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; THYROID TUMOR; TINEA CAPITIS; X RAY; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 2442670689     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3135     Document Type: Article

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