Clinical significance of low-dose radiation therapy: Radiation hormesis

International Journal of Low Radiation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 511-519

  Takatori, Masao ^a   Hattori, Sadao ^b   Yagi, Makoto ^c  

^a Takatori Clinic of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

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

^c Lead and Company Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative treatment; Carcinogenic inhibitor p53; Low dose radiation therapy; Radiation hormesis; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

RADON 222;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HORMESIS; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

EID: 78650744896     PISSN: 14776545     EISSN: 17419190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLR.2010.037672     Document Type: Article

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