U.S. environmental protection agency radiogenic risk models and projections for the U.S. population

Health Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 646-656

  Pawel, David J ^a   Puskin, Jerome S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; health effects; radiation risk; risk estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861052748     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e318242794c     Document Type: Review

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