Estimates of relative risks for cancers in a population after prolonged low-dose-rate radiation exposure: A follow-up assessment from 1983 to 2005

Radiation Research

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-148

  Hwang, Su Lun ^a,g   Hwang, Jing Shiang ^b   Yang, Yi Ta ^a   Hsieh, Wanhua A ^c   Chang, Tien Chun ^d   Guo, How Ran ^e   Tsai, Mong Hsun ^f   Tang, Jih Luh ^d   Lin, I Feng ^a   Chang, Wushou Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g DIWAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 49249115878     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0732.1     Document Type: Article

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