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Document ID (ISN)20124
CIS number 74-124
ISSN - Serial title 0017-9078 - Health Physics
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Mays C.W.
Title Cancer induction in man from internal radioactivity.
Bibliographic information Dec. 1973, Vol.25, No.6, p.585-592. Illus. 42 ref.
Abstract Sections of this literature review relate to occupational cancers and the respective responsible radionuclides in uranium miners and radium dial painters. Virtually all of the observed malignancies arose within the irradiated tissues.
Descriptors (primary) radon; radium; uranium mining; luminizing; carcinogenic effects; radioactive substances
Descriptors (secondary) literature survey; iodine; radiotherapy; phosphorus; atmospheric pollution; thorium
Document type -
Subject(s) Radiation
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Radon
Mining and quarrying
Inorganic substances