Cancers in 2010 attributable to ionising radiation exposure in the UK

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue , 2011, Pages S57-S65

  Parkin, D M ^a   Darby, S C ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; INERT GAS; RADON;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKER; X RAY; IONIZING RADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SECOND CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RADIOISOTOPE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADON; X-RAYS;

EID: 83255175645     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.485     Document Type: Article

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