Neutron relative biological effectiveness for solid cancer incidence in the Japanese A-bomb survivors: An analysis considering the degree of independent effects from γ-ray and neutron absorbed doses with hierarchical partitioning

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-36

  Walsh, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A bomb survivors; All solid cancer risk; Neutron RBE

Indexed keywords

A-BOMB SURVIVORS; ABSORBED DOSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COVARIABLES; EXCESS RELATIVE RISKS; FIT PARAMETERS; HIERARCHICAL PARTITIONING; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INDIRECT ESTIMATES; INFLATION FACTORS; JOINT EFFECT; LIFE SPAN; PARTIAL CORRELATION; RADIATION-INDUCED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REMEDIAL ACTIONS; RISK MODEL; SOLID CANCER; STATISTICAL POWER;

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); DISEASES; DROPS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEPARATION;

NEUTRONS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATOMIC BOMB; BONE MARROW; COLON; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEUTRON; RADIATION DOSE; RISK; SURVIVOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; NEOPLASM; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE MARROW; COLON; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIVER; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84874369155     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-012-0445-6     Document Type: Article

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