Cancer risk from low-level radiation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1137-1143

  Cohen, Bernard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036838837     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.179.5.1791137     Document Type: Review

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