Background Ionizing Radiation and the Risk of Childhood Cancer: A Census-Based Nationwide Cohort Study | Zendy

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Background Ionizing Radiation and the Risk of Childhood Cancer: A Census-Based Nationwide Cohort Study

Author(s) -

Ben D. Spycher,

Judith E. Lupatsch,

Marcel Zwahlen,

Martin Röösli,

Felix Niggli,

Michael Grotzer,

Johannes Rischewski,

Matthias Egger,

Claudia E. Kuehni

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1408548

Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , cancer registry , cumulative incidence , proportional hazards model , ionizing radiation , cohort , leukemia , cohort study , demography , irradiation , physics , sociology , nuclear physics

Exposure to medium or high doses of ionizing radiation is a known risk factor for cancer in children. The extent to which low-dose radiation from natural sources contributes to the risk of childhood cancer remains unclear.

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