Dose-response analyses of osteonecrosis in new jersey radium workers point to roles for other alpha emitters

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 602-607

  Stebbings, James H ^a  

^a Midwest Epidemiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bones; Exposure; Human; Occupational; Radiation effects; Radium

Indexed keywords

RADIUM; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031918865     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199805000-00008     Document Type: Article

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