An odds ratio (OR) of 2.19 based on 37 cases, with a lower 95% confidence limit (CL) of 1.51 was found for children living within 5 km of NPPs and an OR of 1.33 (lower 95% CL 1.06) based on 95 cases for children living within 10 km of NPPs.
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Feb 25, 2014 · A few reports of increased numbers of leukaemia cases (clusters) in children living in the vicinity of nuclear power plants (NPP) and other ...
incidence for children living nearer nuclear plants for leukemia, lymphomas, central nervous ... cancer incidence proximate to U.S. nuclear power plants. Arch ...
Feb 3, 2014 · Childhood leukaemia incidence below the age of 5 years near French nuclear power plants. Journal of Radiological Protection 28(3): 401-403 ...
May 6, 2011 · There was a small increase in childhood leukaemia cases within 5 kilometres of one of the proposed power plants, which may highlight the dangers ...
Sep 23, 2009 · In 2008, the KiKK study in Germany reported a 1.6-fold increase in solid cancers and a 2.2-fold increase in leukemias among children living ...
Sep 1, 2023 · Over 60 epidemiological studies world-wide have examined cancer incidences in children near nuclear power plants (NPPs): most of them ...
3.1. Incidence of childhood leukemia around the nuclear sites ; 1,589,124, 0.93 (0.72;1.20), 524,551, 0.92 (0.64;1.31) ...
Over 40 epidemiology studies world-wide show increased leukaemia rates among children living near NPPs. Yet the government and the nuclear industry continue to ...
Nov 26, 2013 · study reported an excess of leukaemias at ages under 5 years within 5 km of nuclear power plants in Germany (Kaatsch et al, 2008; Spix et al, ...