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Cancer incidence in the vicinity of Finnish nuclear power plants: an emphasis on childhood leukemia

The objective of this paper was to study cancer incidence, especially leukemia in children (<15 years), in the vicinity of Finnish nuclear power plants (NPPs). We used three different approaches: ecological analysis at municipality level, residential cohorts defined from census data, and case–con...

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Autores principales: Heinävaara, Sirpa, Toikkanen, Salla, Pasanen, Kari, Verkasalo, Pia K., Kurttio, Päivi, Auvinen, Anssi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2839478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20037792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-009-9488-7