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Neutron relative biological effectiveness in Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors: a critical review

The calculated risk of cancer in humans due to radiation exposure is based primarily on long-term follow-up studies, e.g. the life-span study (LSS) on atomic bomb (A-bomb) survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since A-bomb radiation consists of a mixture of γ-rays and neutrons, it is essential that t...

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Autores principales: Sasaki, Masao S., Endo, Satoru, Hoshi, Masaharu, Nomura, Taisei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5137296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27614201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jrr/rrw079