Dose-effect relationship and estimation of the carcinogenic effects of low doses of ionising radiation: The Joint Report of the Académie des Sciences (Paris) and of the Académie Nationale de Médecine

International Journal of Low Radiation

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 135-153

  Tubiana, Maurice ^a,b   Aurengo, André ^{a,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}  

^a Laboratoire d'Excellence Inflamex   (France)

^b French Academie des Sciences   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e French Council for Radiation Protection   (France)

^f EDF R AND D   (France)

^g INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^h French Society of Radiation Protection   (France)

ⁱ French Academy of Medicine   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA repair; Dose; Dose rate; Dose carcinogenic effect relationship; Epidemiology; Experimental data; Intercellular signalisation; Intracellular signalisation; Lethal effect; Linear no threshold relationship; Mutational effect; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; THORIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXPERIMENTATION; FETUS DISEASE; FRANCE; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSARCOMA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33744916586     PISSN: 14776545     EISSN: 17419190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijlr.2006.009510     Document Type: Article

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