scholarly journals The proportion of childhood leukaemia incidence in Great Britain that may be caused by natural background ionizing radiation

Leukemia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 770-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Wakeford ◽  
G M Kendall ◽  
M P Little
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Childhood Leukaemia ◽  
Natural Background

scholarly journals Case–control study of paternal occupation and childhood leukaemia in Great Britain, 1962–2006

2012 ◽  
Vol 107 (9) ◽  
pp. 1652-1659 ◽  
Author(s):  
T J Keegan ◽  
K J Bunch ◽  
T J Vincent ◽  
J C King ◽  
K A O'Neill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Childhood Leukaemia ◽  
Control Study

scholarly journals DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE CONDITION OF THE NATURAL BACKGROUND

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Nikolay Nenov
Keyword(s):  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Natural Background ◽  
Natural Radiation ◽  
Radiation Background ◽  
Radioactive Substances ◽  
Radioactive Radiation ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Safe Dose

Life on Earth arose and exists in terms of natural ionizing radiation. Environmental pollution with radioactive substances begins with the emergence of the nuclear industry. Proceeding from the accepted truth that there is no safe dose of exposure to radioactive radiation and accumulated over the years experience (more than 25 years), the author of this article provides an apparatus for monitoring the condition of the natural radiation background based on light and sound indication in all cases when there is increase toward “imperturbable” atmosphere.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing the Incidence of Leukemia: Special Consideration of the Role of Ionizing Radiation

Blood ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 845-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. SCHWARTZ ◽  
A. C. UPTON
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Dose ◽  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Natural Background ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
The Past ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Chemical Pollutants ◽  
Environmental Agents

Abstract The recorded incidence of leukemia and lymphomas has markedly increased during the past 30 years. During the same interval the amount of ionizing radiation in the environment has been steadily increased by man-made additions to the natural background. The possibility that radiation may account in part for an increasing incidence of leukemia is suggested by the more frequent development of the disease in those exposed to large amounts of radiation. Although the extent of increase in the risk of leukemia cannot be determined accurately from the recorded rates and the relation between leukemia incidence and radiation dose cannot be estimated precisely, it appears probable that radiation is only one of many environmental agents influencing the occurrence of the disease. Other factors associated with the changing standard of living, such as the increasing use of marrow-depressing drugs and the growing contamination of the atmosphere with chemical pollutants, deserve further investigation as leukemogenic influences.

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