ArticleBritish journal of cancer2013
Leukaemia in young children in the vicinity of British nuclear power plants: a case-control study.
Article in British journal of cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Childhood cancer incidence around nuclear installations in Great Britain, 1995-2016.International journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Childhood cancer research in oxford III: The work of CCRG on ionising radiation.British journal of cancer · 2018Article
- Childhood leukaemia near nuclear sites in Belgium, 2002-2008.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2018Article
- Background gamma radiation and childhood cancer in Germany: an ecological study.Radiation and environmental biophysics · 2017Article
- Updated investigations of cancer excesses in individuals born or resident in the vicinity of Sellafield and Dounreay.British journal of cancer · 2014Article
- Childhood leukaemia near nuclear power plants.British journal of cancer · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundConcern about the risk of leukaemia in children living near nuclear power plants (NPPs) persists. Previous British analyses have been area based and consequently thought to be less effective than case-control studies.
methodsCases of childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (LNHL) born and diagnosed in Great Britain between 1962 and 2007, with matched cancer-free controls, were analysed by logistic regression to estimate the risk of residential proximity at birth and diagnosis to the nearest NPP, adjusting for relevant variables.
resultsFor 9821 children with LNHL under the age of 5 years, the estimated extra risk associated with residential proximity to an NPP at birth was negative-interpolated Odds Ratio (OR) at 5 km was 0.86 (0.49-1.52). The comparison of 10 618 children with LNHL under five with 16 760 similarly aged children with other cancers also gave a negative estimate of the extra risk of residential proximity at diagnosis-interpolated OR at 5 km was 0.86 (0.62-1.18).
conclusionOur results show little evidence of an increase in risk of LNHL to children aged under 5 years from living in the vicinity of an NPP. Risk estimates are incompatible with comparable ones published in a recent German case-control study.
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