Radiation risk estimation in human populations: Lessons from the radiological accident in Brazil

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-214

  Da Cruz, Aparecido D ^a,b,c   Volpe, John P ^a   Saddi, Vera ^b   Curry, John ^a   Curadoc, M Paula ^c   Glickman, Barry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c Fund Leide Das Neves Ferreira   (Brazil)

Author keywords

137Cs; Goiania; Human population; Ionizing radiation; Risk estimation

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CARCINOGENESIS; GENETIC DAMAGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030718591     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(96)00199-6     Document Type: Article

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