An interspecies prediction of the risk of radiation-induced mortality

Radiation Research

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 487-492

  Carnes, Bruce A ^a   Olshansky, S Jay ^b   Grahn, Douglas ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0031923539     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579789     Document Type: Article

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