Childhood leukaemia near nuclear sites: Fourteenth report of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE)

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-354

  Stather, John W ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 81255209078     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr323     Document Type: Editorial

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