Improved estimates of cancer site-specific risks for A-bomb survivors

Radiation Research

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-98

  Pawel, David ^a   Preston, Dale ^b   Pierce, Donald ^c   Cologne, John ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Hirosoft International Corporation   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BAYES THEOREM; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 39049089014     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1092.1     Document Type: Article

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