Lost life expectancy rate: An application to environmental levels of radiation

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 312-319

  Johnson, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health effects; Low level; Radiation; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030877184     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199708000-00003     Document Type: Article

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