Extrapolating radiation-induced cancer risks from low doses to very low doses

Health Physics

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 505-509

  Brenner, David J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose, low; Extrapolation; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; Radiation risk

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; X RAY;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LINEAR MODELS; MICE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK;

EID: 70350391647     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181ad7f04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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