A method for determining weights for excess relative risk and excess absolute risk when applied in the calculation of lifetime risk of cancer from radiation exposure

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-145

  Walsh, Linda ^a   Schneider, Uwe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Radiotherapy Hirslanden AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A bomb survivors; Lifetime attributable risk; Risk projection

Indexed keywords

A-BOMB SURVIVORS; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS; ATTRIBUTABLE RISKS; BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DATA; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTOR; EVIDENCE-BASED; EXCESS RELATIVE RISKS; EXPERT JUDGMENT; FEMALE BREAST; GOODNESS OF FIT; INCIDENCE RATE; LIFE SPAN; MODEL WEIGHTS; MULTI-MODEL INFERENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGULATORY BODIES; RISK TRANSFER; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOLID CANCER; STATISTICAL POWER; STOMACH CANCER; WEIGHTED MEAN;

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RISK; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK;

EID: 84874374649     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-012-0441-x     Document Type: Article

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