The relative contributions of different organ sites to the total cancer mortality associated with low-dose radiation exposure

Annals of the ICRP

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 31-57

  Land, C E ^a   Sinclair, W K ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0025937211     PISSN: 01466453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6453(91)90035-F     Document Type: Review

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