TITLE

Israel compensates for ringworm treatment

AUTHOR(S)
Siegel-Itzkovich, Judy
PUB. DATE
February 1995
SOURCE
BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);2/11/95, Vol. 310 Issue 6976, p350
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports on the Israeli government's plans to award financial compensation to former patients with ringworm who developed cancer after being given radiation treatment. Passage of law by the Knesset after a group of patients showed evidence of a direct link between the radiation and their tumors; Creation of a committee of experts to decide on each case and set disability ratings.
ACCESSION #
9510260456

Tags: RADIATION carcinogenesis;  RINGWORM -- Treatment

 

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