Quantifying health effects from the combined action of low-level radiation and other environmental agents: Can new approaches solve the enigma?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-70

  Burkart, Werner ^a   Finch, Gregory L ^b   Jung, Thomas ^a  

^a Inst for Radiation Hygiene/BfS   (Germany)

^b Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmbined effects; Health risk; Ionising radiation; Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; Modelling; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHEMICAL AGENT; HEAVY METAL; RADON;

CANCER RISK; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030850552     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00095-8     Document Type: Article

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