Childhood leukemia incidence and exposure to indoor radon, terrestrial and cosmic gamma radiation

Health Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 569-579

  Evrard, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Hémon, Denis ^a,b   Billon, Solenne ^c   Laurier, Dominique ^c   Jougla, Eric ^a   Tirmarche, Margot ^c   Clavel, Jacqueline ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Gamma radiation; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETER; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADON; REGISTRIES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646521154     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000198787.93305.35     Document Type: Article

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