LNT - An apparent rather than a real controversy?

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-329

  Charles, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR NO THRESHOLD (LNT); MAN-MADE HUMAN EXPOSURE; PUBLIC AVERSION; THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL EXPOSURES;

DOSIMETERS; EXTRAPOLATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TUMORS;

HEALTH RISKS;

AVERSION; DOSIMETRY; HYPOTHESIS; LINEAR NO THRESHOLD; LINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; VALIDITY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LINEAR MODELS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33748109742     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/26/3/N02     Document Type: Review

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