Dose quantities in radiation protection and their limitations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 457-463

  Dietze, Guenther ^a   Menzel, H G ^b  

^a CERN ^*  (Germany)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL KILLING; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HYPOTHESIS; INDUCED MUTATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PARTIAL BODY RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TISSUE INJURY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 13244273565     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch097     Document Type: Article

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