Ionizing radiation exposure and cancer risk among Norwegian nurses

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-375

  Lie, Jenny Anne S ^a   Kjaerheim, Kristina ^a   Tynes, Tore ^a,b  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Nurses; Occupational exposure; Radiation induced neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; NORWAY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NORWAY; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; RADIATION, IONIZING; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 49649114842     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3282b6fe0a     Document Type: Article

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