A case of chronic myeloid leukemia in a diagnostic radiographer
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A case of chronic myeloid leukemia in a diagnostic radiographer
BACKGROUND Occupational radiation exposure causes certain types of cancer, specifically hematopoietic diseases like leukemia. In Korea, radiation exposure is monitored and recorded by law, and guidelines for compensation of radiation-related diseases were implemented in 2001. However, thus far, no occupation-related disease was approved for compensation under these guidelines. Here, we report t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2052-4374
DOI: 10.1186/s40557-014-0054-8