Childhood cancer and nuclear power plants in Switzerland: a census-based cohort study

Background Previous studies on childhood cancer and nuclear power plants (NPPs) produced conflicting results. We used a cohort approach to examine whether residence near NPPs was associated with leukaemia or any childhood cancer in Switzerland.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Spycher, Ben D, Feller, Martin, Zwahlen, Marcel, Röösli, Martin, von der Weid, Nicolas X, Hengartner, Heinz, Egger, Matthias, Kuehni, Claudia E
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204210/