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Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention

David Schottenfeld and Joseph F. Fraumeni

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780195149616

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195149616.001.0001

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Ionizing Radiation

Ionizing Radiation

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(p.259) 15 Ionizing Radiation
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Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
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JOHN D. BOICE

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195149616.003.0015

This chapter focuses on the link between exposure to ionizing radiation and cancer. It describes specific studies of exposed populations, touching on strengths and limitations, the need for caution in interpretation, and implications for public health, radiation protection, and carcinogenesis in general.

Keywords:   cancer risk, radiation exposure, population studies, cancer studies

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