Bias and uncertainty of penetrating photon dose measured by film dosemeters in an epidemiological study of US nuclear workers

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-289

  Daniels, R D ^a   Schubauer Berigan, M K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BONE MARROW; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY BURDEN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FILM DOSIMETRY; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR REACTORS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTONS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19444367831     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch470     Document Type: Article

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