Reconstruction of individual radiation doses for a case-control study of thyroid cancer in French Polynesia

Health Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 418-433

  Drozdovitch, Vladimir ^a,b   Bouville, André ^b   Doyon, Françoise ^c,d,e   Brindel, Pauline ^c,d,e   Cardis, Elisabeth ^a   De Vathaire, Florent ^c,d,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric testing; Cancer; Dose reconstruction; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; IODINE 132; IODINE 133; IODINE 135; RADIOISOTOPE; TELLURIUM 132; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATOMIC BOMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; THYROID CANCER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; POLYNESIA; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42149183577     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000299293.06218.88     Document Type: Article

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