The linear no-threshold debate: Where do we go from here?

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-284

  Mossman, Kenneth L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose threshold; Linear no threshold theory; Radiation health effects; Radiation protection; Regulatory policy

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; PUBLIC RISKS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK PERCEPTION;

DOSE THRESHOLD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HEALTH EFFECTS; LINEAR NO-THRESHOLD THEORY; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES; RADIATION-INDUCED CANCER; REGULATORY POLICIES; SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; POLICY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031897545     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598208     Document Type: Review

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