Epidemiology of accidental radiation exposures

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 643-649

  Cardis, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Accidents; Atomic bomb survivors; Cancer; Chernobyl; Low dose; Nuclear workers; Radiation; Risk estimation

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0029884544     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3432838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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