Epidemiologic studies of ionizing radiation and cancer: Past successes and future challenges

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1997, Pages 883-889

  Samet, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dose response; Epidemiology; Exposure; Radiation; Radon; Risk factors; Uranium miners

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030801961     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105s4883     Document Type: Conference Paper

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