Leukemia following the chernobyl accident

Health Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 512-515

  Howe, Geoffrey R ^a   Tenforde, Thomas S ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents, nuclear; Chernobyl; Leukemia; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY;

ADULT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; FETUS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 37349117633     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000281178.75068.e3     Document Type: Article

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