ArticleBritish journal of cancer2004
Incidence of childhood leukaemia in the vicinity of nuclear sites in France, 1990-1998.
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- Background gamma radiation and childhood cancer in Germany: an ecological study.Radiation and environmental biophysics · 2017Article
- French nuclear power plants and childhood leukemia.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society · 2014Article
- Childhood cancer and nuclear power plants in Switzerland: a census-based cohort study.International journal of epidemiology · 2011Article
- Childhood leukaemia, nuclear sites, and population mixing.British journal of cancer · 2011Review
- Commentary: childhood cancer near nuclear power stations.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2009Article
- Childhood leukaemia incidence below the age of 5 years near French nuclear power plants.Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection · 2008Article
- Childhood leukaemia incidence around French nuclear installations using geographic zoning based on gaseous discharge dose estimates.British journal of cancer · 2006Article
- Spatial and space-time clustering of childhood acute leukaemia in France from 1990 to 2000: a nationwide study.British journal of cancer · 2006Article
- Answering cluster investigation requests: the value of simple simulations and statistical tools.European journal of epidemiology · 2005Article
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Abstract
Overall, 670 cases (O) of childhood leukaemia were diagnosed within 20 km of the 29 French nuclear installations between 1990 and 1998 compared to an expected number (E) of 729.09 cases (O/E=0.92, 95% confidence interval (CI)=[0.85-0.99]). Each of the four areas defined around the sites showed non significant deficits of cases (0-5 km: O=65, O/E=0.87, CI=[0.67-1.10]; 5-10 km: O=165, O/E=0.95, CI=[0.81-1.10]; 10-15 km: O=220, O/E=0.88, CI=[0.77-1.00]; 15-20 km: O=220, O/E=0.96, CI=[0.84-1.10]). There was no evidence of a trend in standardised incidence ratio with distance from the sites for all children or for any of the three age groups studied. Similar results were obtained when the start-up year of the electricity-generating nuclear sites and their electric nuclear power were taken into account. No evidence was found of a generally increased risk of childhood leukaemia around the 29 French nuclear sites under study during 1990-1998.
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