DocumentCode
794458
Title
Low Dose Radiation and Cancer
Author
Gofman, John W. ; Tamplin, Arthur R.
Author_Institution
Division of Medical Physics (Berkeley) and Bio-Medical Research Division Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (Livermore) University of California
Volume
17
Issue
1
fYear
1970
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
9
Abstract
Contrary to a widespread notion that only leukemia plus certain rare cancers are radiation-induced in man, the evidence now points strongly to the induction of all forms of human cancer plus leukemia by ionizing radiation. These data amply justify the following three general laws of radiation-induction of cancer in man.
Keywords
Atomic measurements; Cancer; Councils; Guidelines; Humans; Ionizing radiation; Laboratories; Physics; Protection; Radiation safety;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1970.4325551
Filename
4325551
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