Lauriston S. Taylor lecture: Fifty years of scientific research: The importance of scholarship and the influence of politics and controversy

Health Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 348-379

  Brent, Robert L ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic effects, radiation; Health effects; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSULTATION; EDUCATION; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRACTIONATION; HEALTH PHYSICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RADIATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION EMBRYOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOLARSHIP; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TERATOLOGY;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COUNSELING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; POLITICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 37349080509     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000282111.66056.c2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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