Cancer and non-cancer effects in Japanese atomic bomb survivors

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Little, M P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-AT-EXPOSURE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS; ATOMIC BOMBS; ATOMIC RADIATION; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATIONS; BONE CANCER; CANCER DATA; CANCER RISK; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; GENERAL POPULATION; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTIONS; LIFE SPAN; LOW DOSE; MALIGNANT DISEASE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PER UNIT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELATIVE RISKS; SOLID CANCER; STERILISATION; UNITED NATIONS;

ATOMS; BOMBS (ORDNANCE); IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ATOMIC WARFARE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SURVIVOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69149096689     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/29/2A/S04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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