Low-dose-rate epidemiology of high background radiation areas

Radiation Research

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 849-854

  Boice Jr , John D ^a   Hendry, Jolyon H ^b   Nakamura, Nori ^c   Niwa, Ohtsura ^d   Nakamura, Seiichi ^e   Yoshida, Kazuo ^f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e HEALTH RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^f CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOBIOLOGY;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RISK;

EID: 77953143071     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2161.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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