Leukemia mortality among radiation-exposed workers

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 271-287

  Schubauer Berigan, Mary K ^a   Wenzl, Thurman B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

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ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 33748974414     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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