I. Evidence that there are threshold effects in risk of radiation

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Rondo, Sohei ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE; TRITIUM;

APOPTOSIS; GENETIC EFFECTS; TERATOGENIC EFFECTS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0032664517     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.1999.9726174     Document Type: Article

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