Background radiation and cancer mortality in Bavaria: An ecological analysis

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 109-114

  Körblein, Alfred ^a   Hoffmann, Wolfgang ^b  

^a Institut Munich   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Background radiation; Cancer mortality; Epidemiology; Infant mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; ECOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD;

EID: 34547674883     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.61.3.109-114     Document Type: Article

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