Setting standards for radiation protection: The process appraised

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 450-457

  Patterson, H Wade ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALARA; linear hypothesis; radiation protection; safety standards

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CANCER MORTALITY; LUNG CANCER; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD;

EID: 0031024150     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199703000-00013     Document Type: Review

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