A Reanalysis of atomic-bomb cataract data, 2000-2002: A threshold analysis

Health Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-160

  Nakashima, Eiji ^a   Neriishi, Kazuo ^a   Minamoto, Atsushi ^b  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic bomb; Atomic bomb survivors; Biostatistics; Health effects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CATARACT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CATARACT; RADIATION DOSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ATOMIC WARFARE; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH PHYSICS; INFANT; JAPAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION RESPONSE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEAR WARFARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644817982     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000175442.03596.63     Document Type: Article

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