Radiation and the risk of chronic lymphocytic and other leukemias among Chornobyl cleanup workers

Authors :: Zablotska, Lydia B.
Bazyka, Dimitry
Lubin, Jay H.
Gudzenko, Nataliya
Little, Mark P.
Hatch, Maureen
Finch, Stuart
Dyagil, Irina
Reiss, Robert F.
Chumak, Vadim V.
Bouville, Andre
Drozdovitch, Vladimir
Kryuchkov, Victor P.
Golovanov, Ivan
Bakhanova, Elena
Babkina, Nataliya
Lubarets, Tatiana
Bebeshko, Volodymyr
Romanenko, Anatoly
Mabuchi, Kiyohiko
Source :: Environmental Health Perspectives. January 1, 2013, Vol. 121 Issue 1, p59, 10 p.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Risks of most types of leukemia from exposure to acute high doses of ionizing radiation are well known, but risks associated with protracted exposures, as well as associations between [...]

Subjects :: Occupational diseases -- Risk factors -- Demographic aspects
Ionizing radiation -- Complications and side effects
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Risk factors -- Demographic aspects
Environmental issues
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