Mortality and morbidity from cancer in the population exposed to high level of natural radiation area in Ramsar, Iran

International Congress Series

Volumn 1276, Issue , 2005, Pages 106-109

  Mosavi Jarrahi, Alireza ^a,b   Mohagheghi, Mohammadali ^b   Akiba, Suminori ^c   Yazdizadeh, Bahareh ^b   Motamedi, Nilofar ^d   Shabestani Monfared, Ali ^e  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Cancer Research Center   (Iran)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Background radiation; Cancer; Iran; Mortality; Ramsar; SMR

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646442731     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.11.109     Document Type: Article

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