Research Groups

Ionising Radiation

• Effects of protracted low doses of external ionizing radiation:
  
  • International collaborative study of radiation workers in the nuclear industry.
    
    
  • CHILD-MED-RAD: Cohort studies of children with substantial medical diagnostic exposures (feasibility)
    
    
  • Compilation of historical breast doses from X-ray diagnosis
    
    
  • Evaluation of the health effects of the Chernobyl accident:
    
    • ARCH: Agenda for Research on Chernobyl Health: to develop of a Strategic Plan for Research on the Health Consequences of Radiation for the Chernobyl Accident.
      
    • Case-control studies of haematological malignancies and of thyroid cancer among Chernobyl emergency accident workers in Belarus, the Russian Federation and Baltic States.
      
      
• Genetic and environmental factors in cancer:
  
  • Case-control study of thyroid cancer in young people in the wake of the Chernobyl accident.
    
    
  • CHILD-THYR: Childhood thyroid cancer.
    
    
  • GENE-RAD-RISK: Radiation exposures at an early age: impact of genotype on breast cancer risk
    
    

Non-Ionising Radiation

• Residential and occupational exposures to non-ionizing radiation:
  
  • INTERPHONE study: Multicentric study of tumours of the brain, acoustic nerve and parotid gland in relation with radio frequency radiation emitted by mobile telephones.
    (See French version)
    
    
    • INTERPHONE Study Protocol
      
      
    • Results latest update - 8 October 2008 (See French version)
      
      
    • Online Annexes for Article: Quantifying the Impact of Selection Bias Caused by Nonparticipation in a Case-Control Study of Mobile Phone Use
      
      
  • EPIDOS: Evaluation of exposures to radio frequencies: population-based pilot study