Allowance for random dose estimation errors in atomic bomb survivor studies: A revision

Radiation Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-126

  Pierce, Donald A ^a,d   Væth, Michael ^b   Cologne, John B ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^d Division of Biostatistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ATOMIC BOMB; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 46449113996     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1059.1     Document Type: Review

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