Leukemia incidence among people exposed to chronic radiation from the contaminated Techa river, 1953-2005

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-201

  Krestinina, Lyudmila ^a   Preston, Dale L ^b   Davis, Faith G ^c   Epifanova, Svetlana ^a   Ostroumova, Evgenia ^a   Ron, Elaine ^d   Akleyev, Alexander ^a  

^a URALS RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b Hirosoft International Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; EXCESS RELATIVE RISKS; EXTERNAL RADIATION EXPOSURE; LOW DOSE RATE; PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TECHA RIVER; UPPER BOUND;

NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM; RISK PERCEPTION;

RIVERS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STANDARD; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; RUSSIA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954457264     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-009-0257-5     Document Type: Article

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