A case-control study in Hiroshima and Nagasaki examining non-radiation risk factors for thyroid cancer

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 76-85

  Nagano, Jun ^a,b   Mabuchi, Kiyohiko ^c   Yoshimoto, Yasuhiko ^d   Hayashi, Yuzo ^e   Tsuda, Nobuo ^f   Land, Charles ^c   Kodama, Kazunori ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA CITY ASA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Nagasaki Prefectural Medical Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Case control studies; Radiation; Smoking; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34347392125     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.17.76     Document Type: Article

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