Childhood exposure to external ionising radiation and solid cancer risk

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1021-1025

  Sadetzki, S ^a,b   Mandelzweig, L ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Childhood exposure; Ionising radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LATENT PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RISK;

EID: 63849130719     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604994     Document Type: Article

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