Site-specific cancer risk in the Baltic cohort of Chernobyl cleanup workers, 1986-2007

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2926-2933

  Rahu, Kaja ^a   Hakulinen, Timo ^b   Smailyte, Giedre ^c   Stengrevics, Aivars ^d   Auvinen, Anssi ^e,f   Inskip, Peter D ^g   Boice Jr , John D ^h,i   Rahu, Mati ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d Latvian Cancer Registry   (Latvia)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS   (United States)

ⁱ VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

accident; Chernobyl nuclear; Estonia; Incidence; Latvia; Lithuania; Neoplasms; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; BONE CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESTONIA; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LATVIA; LEUKEMIA; LITHUANIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TRACHEA CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ESTONIA; INCIDENCE; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ADULT; BALTIC STATES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881094237     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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