Well water radioactivity and risk of cancers of the urinary organs

Environmental Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-338

  Kurttio, Päivi ^a   Salonen, Laina ^a   Ilus, Taina ^a   Pekkanen, Juha ^b   Pukkala, Eero ^c   Auvinen, Anssi ^a,d  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Drilled wells; Drinking water; Ionizing radiation; Kidney cancer; Radium; Radon; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; RADON; URANIUM; WELL WATER;

BEDROCK; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WELL WATER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; RADIUM; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33749614304     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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