Microdosimetric approach to the problem of lung cancer induced by radon progeny

Health Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 680-688

  Sedlak A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

cancer; lungs, human; mining, uranium; radon

Indexed keywords

RADON DAUGHTER;

ADULT; ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CELL NUCLEUS; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICRODOSIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; URANIUM MINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029870151     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199605000-00009     Document Type: Article

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