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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on November 5, 2009
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncp247
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Letter to the Editor

Dominique Laurier, Sophie Jacob and Patrick Laloi

Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety Fontenay aux Roses
France

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Sir,

Review of epidemiology studies of childhood leukaemia near nuclear facilities: answer to the commentary from Fairlie and Körblein

The assessment of childhood leukaemia risk in the vicinity of nuclear sites is an important and complex public health issue. We performed in 2008 an updated critical analysis on this topic, based on an as exhaustive as possible review of epidemiological studies published in the international literature(1). Part of this work was presented in Berlin in May 2008 at the occasion of an international workshop organised by ICNIRP on childhood leukaemia risks. The proceedings of this workshop were published in a special issue of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry. Our . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
 

   INDEPENDENCE OF DATA SETS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS
 

   VARIABILITY OF CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA
 

   META-ANALYSIS
 

   LEUKAEMIA RISK NEAR NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS BELOW AGE 5
 

   CONCLUSION
 

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