Influence of exposure rate on radon-induced lung cancer in rats

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 22, Issue 3 A, 2002, Pages

  Monchaux, Georges ^a   Morlier, Jean Paul ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM;

EXPOSURE RATE;

RADIOLOGY;

RADON; URANIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT;

EID: 0036741969     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/22/3A/321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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