Cancer consequences of the Chernobyl accident: 20 Years on

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-140

  Cardis, Elisabeth ^a   Howe, Geoffrey ^b   Ron, Elaine ^c   Bebeshko, Vladimir ^d   Bogdanova, Tetyana ^d   Bouville, Andre ^c   Carr, Zhanat ^e   Chumak, Vadim ^d   Davis, Scott ^f   Demidchik, Yuryi ^g   Drozdovitch, Vladimir ^a   Gentner, Norman ^h   Gudzenko, Natalya ^d   Hatch, Maureen ^c   Ivanov, Victor ⁱ   Jacob, Peter ^j   Kapitonova, Eleonora ^k   Kenigsberg, Yakov ^l   Kesminiene, Ausrele ^a   Kopecky, Kenneth J ^f   Kryuchkov, Victor ^m   Loos, Anja ^a   Pinchera, Aldo ^n,o   Reiners, Christoph ^p   Repacholi, Michael ^e   Shibata, Yoshisada ^q   Shore, Roy E ^r   Thomas, Gerry ^s   Tirmarche, Margot ^t   Yamashita, Shunichi ^e,q   Zvonova, Irina ^u   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STATE INSTITUTION NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g BELARUSIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^h Belarusian State Medical University ^*  (Canada)

ⁱ MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^j INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^k Ministry of Health Republic of Belarus   (Belarus)

^l Natl Commn on Radiation Protection   (Belarus)

^m INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^o WHO Collaborating Centre for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^q NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^r RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^s SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^u Institute of Radiation Hygiene   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOLOGICAL IMPACT; THYROID CANCER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IODINE; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

TUMORS;

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL STAFF; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; THYROID CANCER;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UKRAINE;

EID: 33744968462     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/26/2/001     Document Type: Review

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