Childhood leukemia around French nuclear power plants - The Geocap study, 2002-2007

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Sermage Faure, Claire ^a,b   Laurier, Dominique ^d   Goujon Bellec, Stéphanie ^a,b,c   Chartier, Michel ^d   Guyot Goubin, Aurélie ^a,b,c   Rudant, Jérémie ^a,b,c   Hémon, Denis ^a,b   Clavel, Jacqueline ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c French National Registry of Childhood Hematological Malignancies (NRCH)   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Case control; Childhood leukemia; Epidemiology; Incidence; Nuclear reactors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84863199908     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27425     Document Type: Article

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