Does fractionation decrease the risk of breast cancer induced by low- LET radiation?

Radiation Research

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-229

  Brenner, D J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032891856     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579774     Document Type: Review

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