Corrections in the atomic bomb data to examine low dose risk

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 709-720

  Baker, Gizelle S ^a   Hoel, David G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic bomb; Dose, low; Health effects; Hiroshima

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0242693994     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200312000-00016     Document Type: Article

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