Cardiovascular effects after low-dose exposure and radiotherapy: What research is needed?

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 425-434

  Wondergem, Jan ^a,f   Boerma, Marjan ^b   Kodama, Kazunori ^c   Stewart, Fiona A ^d   Trott, Klaus R ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^d NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e not available   (Germany)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A bomb survivors; Breast cancer; Cardiovascular effects; Heart; IAEA; Ionising radiation; Radiation induced heart diseases; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASES; HEART; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS;

A-BOMB SURVIVORS; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS; HEART DISEASE; IAEA;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84887127588     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-013-0489-2     Document Type: Article

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