| Document ID (ISN) | 57673 |
| CIS number |
92-628 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0025-729X - Medical Journal of Australia |
| Year |
1991 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Watson G.M. |
| Title |
Leukaemia and paternal radiation exposure |
| Bibliographic information |
1 Apr. 1991, Vol.154, No.7, p.483-487. 23 ref. |
| Abstract |
A recent study inferred that a reputed cluster of cases of leukaemia in children near the UK Sellafield nuclear facility was probably caused by occupational exposure of the father to ionising radiation at the plant. This paper raises the following objections to this hypothesis: the statistical argument ignores the difficulties raised by the temporal clustering of the cases and the apparent limitation to one village; ionising radiation is a general mutagen and there is no evidence of any other genetic effect at Sellafield; children of parents exposed to the Japanese nuclear explosions have shown no genetic effects and no increase in leukaemia or any other cancer. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
ionizing radiation; nuclear power stations; leukaemia |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
mutagenic effects |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Australia |
| Subject(s) |
Radiation
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Power generation and distribution
Ionizing radiation
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Leukaemia
|
