Canadian National Dose Registry of radiation workers: Overview of research from 1951 through 2007

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 269-275

  Zielinski, Jan M ^a,b   Shilnikova, Natalia S ^b   Krewski, Daniel ^b  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health risks; Ionizing radiation; Low doses; National Dose Registry of Canada

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749085907     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-008-0037-5     Document Type: Review

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