ArticleBritish journal of cancer2006
Childhood leukaemia incidence around French nuclear installations using geographic zoning based on gaseous discharge dose estimates.
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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
- Cancer in children residing near nuclear power plants: an open question.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2010Review
- Temporal trends in childhood leukaemia incidence following exposure to radioactive fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons testing.Radiation and environmental biophysics · 2010Article
- Cancer incidence in the vicinity of Finnish nuclear power plants: an emphasis on childhood leukemia.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2010Article
- Commentary: childhood cancer near nuclear power stations.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2009Article
- The linear no-threshold relationship is inconsistent with radiation biologic and experimental data.Radiology · 2009Article
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Abstract
The present study investigated for the first time the incidence of childhood leukaemia (1990-2001) around French nuclear installations using a geographic zoning based on estimated doses to the red bone marrow due to gaseous radioactive discharges. The observed number of cases of acute leukaemia (O=750) in 40 km2 centred on 23 French nuclear installations between 1990 and 2001 was lower than expected (E=795.01), although not significantly so (standardised incidence ratio SIR=0.94, 95% confidence interval=(0.88-1.01)). In none of the five zones defined on the basis of the estimated doses was the SIR significantly >1. There was no evidence of a trend in SIR with the estimated doses for all the children or for any of the three age groups studied. This study confirmed that there was no evidence of an increased incidence of childhood leukaemia around the 23 French nuclear sites.
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