Short Report Risk of Melanoma among Radiologic Technologists in the United States
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D. Michal FREEDMAN*, Alice SIGURDSON, R. Sowmya RAO, Michael HAUPTMANN, Bruce ALEXANDER, Aparna MOHAN, Michele MORIN DOODY and Martha S. LINET Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Biostatistics Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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