Nuclear energy and health and the benefits of low-dose radiation hormesis

Dose-Response

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-89

  Cuttler, Jerry M ^a   Pollycove, Myron ^b  

^a Cuttler and Associates Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation health effects; Radiation hormesis; Regulatory implications; Social acceptance; Sustainable nuclear energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349317500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.08-024.Cuttler     Document Type: Article

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