A cohort study of childhood cancer incidence after postnatal diagnostic X-ray exposure

Radiation Research

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 504-512

  Hammer, Gal P ^a   Seidenbusch, Michael C ^b   Schneider, Karl ^b   Regulla, Dieter F ^c   Zeeb, Hajo ^a   Spix, Claudia ^a   Blettner, Maria ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONAD TUMOR; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINOBLASTOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; X RAY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; GERMANY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IONIZING RADIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION INJURY; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION, IONIZING; REGISTRIES; X-RAYS;

EID: 66149095147     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1575.1     Document Type: Article

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