Cancer and low level ionizing radiation
- 15 September 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Vol. 34 (7) , 30-41
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.1978.11458534
Abstract
An overwhelming amount of data show that there is no safe level of exposure and no dose of radiation is so low that the risk of a malignancy is zero. The question is—how great is the risk?Keywords
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