Current status and epidemiological research needs for achieving a better understanding of the consequences of the chernobyl accident

Health Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 542-546

  Cardis, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Accidents, nuclear; Cancer; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVOR; THYROID CANCER;

CATARACT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37349078657     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000281174.30093.d6     Document Type: Review

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