Effects of small doses of ionising radiation

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 163-174

  Doll, Richard ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADON; RISKS;

HEREDITARY EFFECTS; SOMATIC EFFECTS;

IONIZING RADIATION;

RADON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALLOUT; FATHER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GONAD DOSE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032167806     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/18/3/003     Document Type: Article

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