Non-targeted effects of ionizing radiation: Implications for risk assessment and the radiation dose response profile

Health Physics

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 426-432

  Morgan, William F ^a   Sowa, Marianne B ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; Radiation dose; Radiation, low level; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BYSTANDER EFFECT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70350431282     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181ab98c7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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