Estimates of radiogenic cancer risks

Health Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 93-101

  Puskin, J S ^a   Nelson, C B ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Exposure; Ionizing; Radiation; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA PARTICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK;

EID: 0029059140     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199507000-00009     Document Type: Article

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