The Impact of Biology on Risk Assessment - Workshop of the National Research Council's Board on Radiation Effects Research

Radiation Research

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 695-705

  Fry, R J M ^a   Grosovsky, A ^b   Hanawalt, P C ^c   Jostes, R F ^d   Little, J B ^e   Morgan, W F ^f   Oleinick, N L ^g   Ullrich, R L ^h  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031727187     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579893     Document Type: Article

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