Nurture with ionizing radiation: A provocative hypothesis

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Luckey, Thomas D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIUM; RADON;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 0032855639     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC340101     Document Type: Review

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