Dosimetry for a study of low-dose radiation cataracts among Chernobyl clean-up workers

Radiation Research

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 606-614

  Chumak, V V ^a   Worgul, B V ^b   Kundiyev, Y I ^c   Sergiyenko, N M ^d   Vitte, P M ^c   Medvedovsky, C ^b   Bakhanova, E V ^a   Junk, A K ^e   Kyrychenko, O Y ^c   Musijachenko, N V ^a   Sholom, S V ^a   Shylo, S A ^a   Vitte, O P ^c   Xu, S ^b   Xue, X ^f   Shore, R E ^g,h  

^a Scientific Center of Radiation Medicine   (Ukraine)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Institute for Occupational Health   (Ukraine)

^d SHUPYK NATIONAL MEDICAL ACADEMY OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Ukraine)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARMY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LENS; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; UKRAINE;

CATARACT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; UKRAINE;

EID: 34249952449     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0302.1     Document Type: Article

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