'lifestyle' and cancer rates in former east and west Germany: The possible contribution of diagnostic radiation exposures

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 310-313

  Schmitz Feuerhake, Inge ^a   Pflugbeil, Sebastian ^a  

^a German Society of Radiation Protection   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; X RAY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GERMANY, EAST; GERMANY, WEST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; X-RAYS;

EID: 81255172966     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr348     Document Type: Article

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