Risk of leukaemia or cancer in the central nervous system among children living in an area with high indoor radon concentrations: Results from a cohort study in Norway

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1413-1420

  Del Risco Kollerud, R ^a,b   Blaasaas, K G ^c   Claussen, B ^b  

^a City of Oslo   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Finance Norway   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; CHILD; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; NORWAY; RADON;

EID: 84910010299     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.400     Document Type: Article

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