Uncertainty analysis of relative biological effectiveness of alpha-radiation for human lung exposure

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 665-679

  Yarmoshenko, Ilia ^a   Kirdin, Ivan ^a   Zhukovsky, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PLUTONIUM; RADON; CARCINOGEN; RADON DAUGHTER;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; META ANALYSIS; MINER; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; SMOKING; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RADIATION INJURY; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ALPHA PARTICLES; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RADON DAUGHTERS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33645940237     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500261166     Document Type: Article

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