Commentary: A dose-response relationship for radiation-induced heart disease-current issues and future prospects

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 518-523

  Mcgale, Paul ^a   Darby, Sarah C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MASTECTOMY; NOTE; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SICKNESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOTHERAPY; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 44949122448     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn067     Document Type: Note

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