1. The United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study of exposure to domestic sources of ionising radiation: 2: gamma radiation
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Cartwright, RA, Law, G, Roman, E, Gilman, E, Eden, OB, Mott, M, Muir, K, Goodhead, D, Kendall, G, Cheng, KK, Day, N, Craft, A, Birch, JM, McKinney, PA, Peto, J, Beral, V, Elwood, P, Alexander, FE, Chilvers, CED, Doll, R, Taylor, GM, Greaves, M, Goodhead, DT, Fry, FA, Adams, G, Skinner, J, Williams, D, Deacon, J, Simpson, J, and Investigat, UKCCS
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non-Hodgkin's lymphoma ,gamma dose rate ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,acute lymphoblastic leukaemia ,Epidemiology ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Radon ,Radiation ,Radiation Dosage ,Malignancy ,Ionizing radiation ,Radiation, Ionizing ,Environmental health ,medicine ,childhood cancer ,Humans ,Medical physics ,Child ,radon interactions ,central nervous system tumours ,Geography ,Gamma ray ,Case-control study ,Cancer ,Environmental Exposure ,Environmental exposure ,medicine.disease ,United Kingdom ,Oncology ,chemistry ,Gamma Rays ,Air Pollution, Indoor ,Case-Control Studies ,Housing ,Regression Analysis - Abstract
This article reports measurements of household levels of gamma and cosmic rays at the addresses of children with cancer at the time of diagnosis and six months before, and of similar data at the addresses of control children. There is no indication of increased risk with increasing dose rates either in matched or unmatched analyses, with or without adjustment for deprivation. Sub-division by diagnostic group did not reveal any association with any specific types of malignancy. Studies of the relationship between household gamma rays and radon concentration show no evidence of any interactions. British Journal of Cancer (2002) 86, 1727–1731. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600277 www.bjcancer.com © 2002 Cancer Research UK
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- 2002
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