The proportion of thyroid cancers in the Japanese atomic bomb survivors associated with natural background radiation

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-291

  Little, Mark P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMORS;

DOSE RATE;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MODEL; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACKGROUND RADIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036742966     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/22/3/303     Document Type: Article

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