Testicular cancer risk associated with occupational radiation exposure: A systematic literature review

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-406

  Yousif, Lamya ^a   Blettner, Maria ^a   Hammer, Gaël P ^a   Zeeb, Hajo ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE-CONTROL; COHORT STUDIES; EMF EXPOSURE; IONISING RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION WORKERS; RARE DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

IONIZING RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RADIOACTIVITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION MONITORING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS TUMOR;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957969755     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/30/3/R01     Document Type: Review

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