A history of the international commission on radiological protection

Health Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 407-422

  Clarke, Roger ^a   Valentin, Jack ^a  

^a International Commission on Radiological Protection   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health Physics Society; Historical profiles; International Commission on Radiological Protection; Reviews

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; CATARACT; CONTROL STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHICS; GENETIC DAMAGE; HEALTH PHYSICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PUBLICATION; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR; WORKER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION HAZARD;

ANIMALS; GUIDELINES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PHYSICS;

EID: 18544377853     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000154049.41251.1e     Document Type: Review

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