Neutron versus γ-ray risk estimates. Inferences from the cancer incidence and mortality data in Hiroshima

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 73-83

  Kellerer, Albrecht M ^a,b   Nekolla, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SOLID TUMOR;

GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 0030757503     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050057     Document Type: Article

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