Interaction of alpha particles at the cellular level - Implications for the radiation weighting factor

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 493-500

  Hofmann, Werner ^a   Fakir, H ^b   Aubineau Laniece, I ^b   Pihet, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CANCER RISK; CELL LINE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; TARGET CELL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ALPHA PARTICLES; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOMETRY; RADON DAUGHTERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13244284701     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch096     Document Type: Article

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