Radiation risks: Critical analysis and commentary

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 280-282

  Barrett, Bruce ^a   Stiles, Melissa ^a   Patterson, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Medical imaging; Nuclear power; Radiation dosage; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84859000130     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.12.017     Document Type: Note

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