An analysis of bone and head sinus cancers in radium dial painters using a two-mutation carcinogenesis model

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-188

  Leenhouts, H P ^a   Brugmans, M J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; URANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER MODEL; CELL MUTANT; DIFFUSION; DOG; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; INGESTION; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOBIOLOGY; URANIUM MINE;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIUM;

EID: 0034094975     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/20/2/303     Document Type: Article

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