Some statistical implications of dose uncertainty in radiation dose-response analyses

Radiation Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages 303-312

  Schafer, Daniel W ^a   Gilbert, Ethel S ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ARTIFACTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745874392     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3358.1     Document Type: Article

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