Lung cancer hormesis in high impact states where nuclear testing occurred

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-155

  Lehrer, Steven ^a   Rosenzweig, Kenneth E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Background; Linear no threshold model; Radiation

Indexed keywords

URANIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HORMESIS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO USE; URANIUM MINE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HORMESIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923094967     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: 19380690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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