The report concludes that clustering of childhood leukaemia cases occurs on a 5km geographical scale. That some of these clusters coincide with the location of nuclear industry sites is a matter of chance.
Evidence from:
Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (Comare) 11th report.
“The distribution of childhood leukaemia and other childhood cancers in Great Britain 1969–1993.”
The result is of general use in assessing the meaning of any reported cluster.
Further detail: