Radiation epidemiology: A perspective on Fukushima

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Boice, John D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BOMBS (ORDNANCE); DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK PERCEPTION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS; CHERNOBYL; DETERMINISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY; EXPOSED TO; FUKUSHIMA; HUMAN POPULATION; LOW DOSE; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; WORKERS';

HEALTH RISKS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858113430     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/32/1/N33     Document Type: Article

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