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Lessons from radiation epidemiology
Radiation epidemiology has developed as a specialized field and has unique characteristics compared to the other fields of epidemiology. Radiation exposure assessment is highly quantified and health risk assessment can yield precise risks per unit dose in each organ. At the same time, radiation epid...
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Korean Society of Epidemiology
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6288658/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30428641 http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018057 |
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author | Lee, Won Jin |
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description | Radiation epidemiology has developed as a specialized field and has unique characteristics compared to the other fields of epidemiology. Radiation exposure assessment is highly quantified and health risk assessment can yield precise risks per unit dose in each organ. At the same time, radiation epidemiology also emphasizes the uncertainty of the estimated doses and risks. More radiation epidemiologists work in radiation societies rather than those of epidemiology. This specialization deepens the research of radiation studies but also results in fragmentation from general epidemiology. In addition to continued involvement with radiation-related sciences, therefore, more efforts to communicate with the other fields of epidemiology are necessary for radiation epidemiology. |
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spelling | pubmed-62886582018-12-26 Lessons from radiation epidemiology Lee, Won Jin Epidemiol Health Editorial Radiation epidemiology has developed as a specialized field and has unique characteristics compared to the other fields of epidemiology. Radiation exposure assessment is highly quantified and health risk assessment can yield precise risks per unit dose in each organ. At the same time, radiation epidemiology also emphasizes the uncertainty of the estimated doses and risks. More radiation epidemiologists work in radiation societies rather than those of epidemiology. This specialization deepens the research of radiation studies but also results in fragmentation from general epidemiology. In addition to continued involvement with radiation-related sciences, therefore, more efforts to communicate with the other fields of epidemiology are necessary for radiation epidemiology. Korean Society of Epidemiology 2018-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6288658/ /pubmed/30428641 http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018057 Text en ©2018, Korean Society of Epidemiology This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Editorial Lee, Won Jin Lessons from radiation epidemiology |
title | Lessons from radiation epidemiology |
title_full | Lessons from radiation epidemiology |
title_fullStr | Lessons from radiation epidemiology |
title_full_unstemmed | Lessons from radiation epidemiology |
title_short | Lessons from radiation epidemiology |
title_sort | lessons from radiation epidemiology |
topic | Editorial |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6288658/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30428641 http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018057 |
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