Dosimetry for epidemiological studies: Learning from the past, looking to the future

Radiation Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages 313-318

  Simon, Steven L ^a   Bouville, André ^a   Kleinerman, Ruth ^a   Ron, Elaine ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745879775     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3536.1     Document Type: Review

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