Two principal considerations are needed after low doses of ionizing radiation

Radiation Research

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-248

  Feinendegen, Ludwig E ^a   Paretzke, Herwig ^b   Neumann, Ronald D ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOPHYSICS; CELL DAMAGE; DNA DAMAGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOMEOSTASIS; IONIZING RADIATION; LETTER; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

BODY BURDEN; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39749188681     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1123.1d     Document Type: Letter

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