Promoting action of radiation in the atomic bomb survivor cancer incidence data

Radiation Research

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 602-

  Jacob, Peter ^a,b  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER INCIDENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 43449088237     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1304a.1     Document Type: Letter

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