Methodology issues in epidemiological assessment of health effects of low-dose ionising radiation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-314

  Lagarde, F ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142124801     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006193     Document Type: Article

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