Mortality from cardiovascular diseases in the semipalatinsk historical cohort, 1960-1999, and its relationship to radiation exposure

Radiation Research

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 660-669

  Grosche, Bernd ^a   Lackland, Daniel T ^b   Land, Charles E ^c   Simon, Steven L ^c   Apsalikov, Kazbek N ^d   Pivina, Ludmilla M ^d   Bauere, Susann ^e   Gusevd, Boris I ^d  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Kazakh Scientific Research Institute for Radiation Medicine and Ecology Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; KAZAKHSTAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80155193905     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2211.1     Document Type: Article

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