Carcinogenic effects of weak radiation doses;Les effets cancerogenes des faibles doses de radiations

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-214

  Tubiana, M ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Excellence Inflamex   (France)

Author keywords

Linear no threshold relationship; Radio carcinogenesis; emitter nuclides

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; MUTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DNA; RADIOISOTOPE;

DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; LINEAR MODELS; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 0033133492     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(99)80053-5     Document Type: Article

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