Potential treatment of inflammatory and proliferative diseases by ultra-low doses of ionizing radiations

Dose-Response

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 610-625

  Sanders, Charles L ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hormesis; Radioactive; Rocks; Therapy

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FUEL; RADON; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; IONIZING RADIATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE; ROCK; TUMOR CELL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871268621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.12-017.Sanders     Document Type: Article

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