Radiation risk - Historical perspective and current issues

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 22, Issue 3 A, 2002, Pages

  Kellerer, Albrecht M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; RADIATION PROTECTION;

RADIATION RISK;

RADIOLOGY;

RADON;

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; BIOPHYSICS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEAR; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LEUKEMIA; MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR; SOLID TUMOR;

EID: 0036742919     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/22/3A/313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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