Cancer incidence among Bulgarian medical radiation workers: Epidemiological study

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-69

  Chobanova, Nina ^a   Vukov, M ^b   Yagova, A ^a  

^a National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^b National Center of Health Information   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Epidemiology; Exposure; Occupational radiation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BULGARIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TIME;

BULGARIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249732706     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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