Radiation protection of radiosensitive populations

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 519-523

  Mossman, Kenneth L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; health effects; radiation protection; radiation risk

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARCINOGEN; DNA;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLON CANCER; DIET; GENE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LAW; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TOBACCO;

ATAXIA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030893288     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199704000-00002     Document Type: Article

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