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Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-268

  Preston, R Julian ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION;

MUTATIONS;

TUMORS;

ADAPTATION; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LINEAR SYSTEM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0141990676     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/23/3/303     Document Type: Short Survey

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