Ionizing radiation and risk of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the 15-country study of nuclear industry workers

Radiation Research

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 661-665

  Vrijheid, Martine ^a,b   Cardis, Elisabeth ^a,b   Ashmore, Patrick ^c,d   Auvinen, Anssi ^e,f   Gilbert, Ethel ^g   Habib, Rima R ^h   Malker, Hans ⁱ   Muirhead, Colin R ^j   Richardson, David B ^k   Rogel, Agnes ^l   Schubauer Berigan, Mary ^m   Tardy, Hélène ^a   Telle Lamberton, Maylis ^l  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

ⁱ SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^k IL   (United States)

^l INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 55549093422     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1443.1     Document Type: Article

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