The healthy worker effect and nuclear industry workers

Dose-Response

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-147

  Fornalski, Krzysztof W ^a   Dobrzyński, Ludwik ^a,b  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Dose response; Healthy worker effect; Hormesis; Low radiation; Nuclear industry workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649414069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.09-019.Fornalski     Document Type: Article

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