Cancer predisposition, radiosensitivity and the risk of radiation- induced cancers. III. Effects of incomplete penetrance and dose-dependent radiosensitivity on cancer risks in populations

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 309-320

  Chakraborty, R ^a   Little, M P ^b   Sankaranarayanan, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLON CANCER; DOSE RESPONSE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PENETRANCE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK;

EID: 0031051876     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579338     Document Type: Article

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