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Low dose radiation risks for women surviving the a-bombs in Japan: generalized additive model

BACKGROUND: Analyses of cancer mortality and incidence in Japanese A-bomb survivors have been used to estimate radiation risks, which are generally higher for women. Relative Risk (RR) is usually modelled as a linear function of dose. Extrapolation from data including high doses predicts small risks...

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Autor principal: Dropkin, Greg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27881134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-016-0191-3