Curvature in the cancer mortality dose response in Japanese atomic bomb survivors: Absence of evidence of threshold

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 471-480

  Little, M P ^a   Muirhlad, C R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER MORTALITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOLID TUMOR; SURVIVAL;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0031715136     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530098141348     Document Type: Article

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