Radiation Hormesis: Demonstrated, Deconstructed, Denied, Dismissed, and Some Implications for Public Policy

Journal of Scientific Exploration

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-407

  Kauffman, Joel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha ray; Beta ray; Cancer; Cosmic ray gamma ray; Fluoroscopy; Gangrene; Health; Mammograms; Potassium 40; Radiation; Radioisotopes; Radium; Radon; Uranium; X ray

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; PUBLIC POLICY; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

HIGH-DOSE RADIATIONS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0242332778     PISSN: 08923310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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