Solid cancer incidence among the Chernobyl emergency workers residing in Russia: Estimation of radiation risks

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-42

  Ivanov, V K ^a   Gorski, A I ^a   Tsyb, A F ^a   Ivanov, S I ^b   Naumenko, R N ^a   Ivanova, L V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOLID TUMOR;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RISK; RUSSIA; UKRAINE;

EID: 2642567658     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-003-0223-6     Document Type: Article

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