Risk of hematological malignancies among chernobyl liquidators

Radiation Research

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 721-735

  Kesminiene, Ausrele ^a   Evrard, Anne Sophie ^a   Ivanov, Viktor K ^b   Malakhova, Irina V ^c   Kurtinaitis, Juozas ^d   Stengrevics, Aivars ^e   Tekkel, Mare ^f   Anspaugh, Lynn R ^g   Bouville, André ^h   Chekin, Sergei ^b   Chumak, Vadim V ⁱ   Drozdovitch, Vladimir ^h   Gapanovich, Vladimir ^j   Golovanov, Ivan ^k   Hubert, Phillipe ^l   Illichev, Sergei V ^m   Khait, Svetlana E ^b   Kryuchkov, Viktor P ^k   Maceika, Evaldas ⁿ   Maksyoutov, Marat ^b   Mirkhaidarov, Anatoly K ^o   Polyakov, Semion ^c   Shchukina, Natalia ^b   Tenet, Vanessa ^a   Tserakhovich, Tatyana I ^c   Tsykalo, Aleksandr ^p   Tukov, Aleksandr R ^k   Cardis, Elisabeth ^a,q   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c Republican Sci and Pract Ctr   (Belarus)

^d Institute of Oncology   (Lithuania)

^e Latvian Centre of Oncology   (Latvia)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ Research Center for Radiation Medicine   (Ukraine)

^j Research Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (RIHBT)   (Belarus)

^k Institute of Biological Physics   (Russian Federation)

^l INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^m National Nuclear Energy Generation Company (NNEGC) ENERGOATOM   (Ukraine)

ⁿ CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^o Republican Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology   (Belarus)

^p Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ^*  (Ukraine)

^q CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER RISK; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 57149138110     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1231.1     Document Type: Article

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