The importance of specifying the underlying biologic model in estimating the probability of causation

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-274

  Beyea, Jan ^a   Greenland, Sander ^b  

^a Senior Scientist Emeritus   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Epidemiology; Exposure; Radiation; Risk; Risk estimates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032987515     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199903000-00008     Document Type: Article

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