Medical exposure to ionising radiation and the risk of brain tumours: Interphone study group, Germany

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1990-1998

  Blettner, Maria ^a   Schlehofer, Brigitte ^b   Samkange Zeeb, Florence ^a   Berg, Gabriele ^c   Schlaefer, Klaus ^b   Schüz, Joachim ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Brain tumours; Case control study; Epidemiology; Ionising radiation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MENINGIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548033233     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.06.020     Document Type: Article

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