Incidence of malignant diseases in humans injected with radium-224

Radiation Research

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-386

  Nekolla, Elke Anna ^a   Walsh, Linda ^a   Spiess, Heinz ^b  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIUM 224; RADIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLADDER CANCER; BONE TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTIOCYTIC SARCOMA; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY CANCER; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENCHYMOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROSARCOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; THYROID CANCER; TUBERCULOSIS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; REGISTER;

FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIUM; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77955647315     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1955.1     Document Type: Article

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