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

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on July 12, 2011

Authors

Ben D Spycher1, Martin Feller, Marcel Zwahlen, Martin Röösli, Nicolas X von der Weid, Heinz Hengartner, Matthias Egger, Claudia E Kuehni, Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group, Swiss National Cohort Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Division of International and Environmental Health, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

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