Dose-response relationship for life-shortening and carcinogenesis in mice irradiated at day 7 postnatal age with dose range below 1 Gy of gamma rays

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-145

  Sasaki, Shunsaku ^a   Fukuda, Nobuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Gamma rays; Infant mice; Life shortening; Low dose

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; TUMORS;

CARCINOGENESES; DEATH RATES; DOSE RANGE; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; EXCESS RELATIVE RISKS; GAMMA-RAYS; INFANT MOUSE; LIFE-SHORTENING; LOW DOSE; SOLID TUMORS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 33745872927     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.47.135     Document Type: Article

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