Review of methods of dose estimation for epidemiological studies of the radiological impact of Nevada test site and global fallout

Radiation Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages 209-218

  Beck, Harold L ^a   Anspaugh, Lynn R ^b   Bouville, André ^a   Simon, Steven L ^a  

^a University of Utah ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ATOMIC BOMB; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FALLOUT; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEVADA; NUCLEAR WARFARE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745887786     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3172.1     Document Type: Review

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