Evidence supporting radiation hormesis in atomic bomb survivor cancer mortality data

Dose-Response

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 584-592

  Doss, Mohan ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic bomb survivors; Cancer mortality; LNT model; Radiation hormesis; Systematic bias

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; EXCESS RELATIVE RISK; HUMAN; LINEAR NO THRESHOLD MODEL; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HORMESIS; SOLID TUMOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84871343225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.12-023.Doss     Document Type: Article

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