Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Incidence of chilhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the vicinity of nuclear sites in Scotland, 1968-93

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Incidence of chilhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the vicinity of nuclear sites in Scotland, 1968-93 / L. Sharp... [et al.]

Sumario: Objectives: the primary aims were to investigate the incidence of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children resident near seven nuclear sites in Scotland and to determine whether there was any evidence of a gradient in risk whith distance of residence from a nuclear site. A secondary aim was to assess the power of statistical tests for increased risk of disease near a point source when applied in the context of census data for Scotland

En: Occupational and environmental medicine. - London and Margate. - Vol. 53, nº 12, December 1996 ; p. 823-831

1. Medicina . 2. Niños . 3. Contaminación radiológica . 4. Residuos peligrosos . 5. Leucemia . 6. Epidemiología . 7. Escocia . I. Sharp, L. . II. Título. III. Título: Occupational and environmental medicine.