The paradigm that failed

International Journal of Low Radiation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-155

  Jaworowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a Centralne Laboratorium Ochrony Radiologicznej Warsaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chernobyl aftermath; DNA damage; Efficient defences; Hormetic model; Linear no threshold model; Low levels of ionising radiation; Metabolic processes; Reactive oxygen species; ROS; Societal penalties; Thermal instability

Indexed keywords

DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; IONIZING RADIATION;

EID: 49749125997     PISSN: 14776545     EISSN: 17419190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLR.2008.019919     Document Type: Article

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