Cancer caused by x-rays-a random event?

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 369-370

  Hall, Eric J ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MENINGIOMA; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL IRRADIATION; TINEA CAPITIS; X RAY;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TINEA CAPITIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 34247220495     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(07)70113-4     Document Type: Letter

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