Commentary on the appropriate radiation level for evacuations

Dose-Response

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 473-479

  Cuttler, Jerry M ^a  

^a Cuttler and Associates Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Nuclear accident; Radiation protection; Spontaneous DNA damage; Stimulated biodefences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLITICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 84871348967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.12-013.Cuttler     Document Type: Article

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