Analysis of breast cancer in the Massachusetts TB fluoroscopy cohort and in the Japanese A-bomb survivors, taking account of dosimetric error and curvature in the A-bomb dose response: absence of evidence of reduction of risk following fractionated irradiation

International Journal of Low Radiation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-101

  Little, M P ^a   Boice, J D ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A bomb survivors; breast cancer; DDREF; dosimetric error

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350421798     PISSN: 14776545     EISSN: 17419190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLR.2003.003487     Document Type: Article

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