Residential Exposure to Natural Background Radiation and Risk of Childhood Acute Leukemia in France, 1990–2009 | Zendy

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Residential Exposure to Natural Background Radiation and Risk of Childhood Acute Leukemia in France, 1990–2009

Author(s) -

Claire Demoury,

Fabienne Marquant,

G. Ielsch,

Stéphanie Goujon,

Christophe Debayle,

Laure Faure,

Astrid Coste,

Olivier Laurent,

Jérôme Guillevic,

Dominique Laurier,

Denis Hémon,

Jacqueline Clavel

Publication year - 2016

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/ehp296

Subject(s) - ionizing radiation , environmental health , medicine , childhood leukemia , confounding , demography , population , radiation exposure , background radiation , nuclear medicine , leukemia , toxicology , radiation , irradiation , biology , pathology , physics , lymphoblastic leukemia , quantum mechanics , sociology , nuclear physics

Exposures to high-dose ionizing radiation and high-dose rate ionizing radiation are established risk factors for childhood acute leukemia (AL). The risk of AL following exposure to lower doses due to natural background radiation (NBR) has yet to be conclusively determined.

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