The skin is radiological protection - Recent advances and residual unresolved issues

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-330

  Charles, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLONIUM; RADON; URANIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MINING; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SKIN; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN STRUCTURE; STEM CELL; SWINE; TARGET CELL; TELANGIECTASIA;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4444380606     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch309     Document Type: Article

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