Dose limits below which the effect of radiation on health becomes undetectable due to background variation

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 654, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-99

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Wang, Chunyan ^a   Minamihisamatsu, Masako ^b   Wei, Luxin ^a   Sugahara, Tsutomu ^c   Hayata, Isamu ^b,d  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c HEALTH RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Background variations; Health effect; Low dose limit; Radiation; Stable chromosome aberrations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CHINA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 46649091298     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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