Radiation Exposure and Cancer: Case Study
American Journal of EpidemiologyPublished 15 December 2001Open access
G. M. Matanoski, John D. Boice, Sabrina Brown, Ethel S. Gilbert, Jerome S. Puskin, Tara O’Toole
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Received for publication April 27, 2001, and accepted for publica-tion August 29, 2001.
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Received for publication April 27, 2001, and accepted for publica-tion August 29, 2001.Abbreviations: ALARA, as low as reasonably achievable; BEIR,Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation; ICRP, InternationalCommission on Radiation Protection; NCRP, National Council onRadiation Protection and Measurements; UNSCEAR, UnitedNations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation.
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