Physics must join with biology in better assessing risk from low-dose irradiation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 346-356

  Feinendegen, L E ^a,b   Neumann, R D ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADAPTATION; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANCER INCIDENCE; DNA DAMAGE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HORMESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORY; TISSUE REACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHYSICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33644650863     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci357     Document Type: Review

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