Risk of childhood leukemia after low-level exposure to ionizing radiation

Expert Review of Hematology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-254

  Wakeford, Richard ^a   Little, Mark P ^b,c   Kendall, Gerald M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 77953513992     PISSN: 17474086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ehm.10.25     Document Type: Editorial

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