Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture: Radiation epidemiology-the golden age and future challenges

Health Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-76

  Boice Jr , John D ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; Radiation

Indexed keywords

RADON;

CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK;

CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADON; RISK;

EID: 78651380998     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181f9797d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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