Low-dose environmental radiation, DNA damage, and cancer: The possible contribution of psychological factors

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Cwikel, Julie G ^a   Gidron, Yori ^b,c   Quastel, Michael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; DNA damage; Environmental radiation; Psychological stress; Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW;

DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77949528053     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500903431493     Document Type: Article

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