H P Leenhouts et al 2002 J. Radiol. Prot. 22 A163 doi:10.1088/0952-4746/22/3A/329
H P Leenhouts, M J P Brugmans and H Bijwaard
Show affiliationsImplications of risk estimates, as required for practical radiation protection purposes, were explored through a preliminary re-analysis of leukaemia in the Japanese atomic bomb survivors using a biologically based cancer model. The calculations for the risks posed for contracting leukaemia pointed to important differences between low-dose-rate ('chronic') and high-dose-rate ('acute') exposures. For example, the risks caused by long-term ('chronic') exposures are calculated to be substantially lower than those for 'acute' exposures. In view of these model predictions the results of epidemiological studies are discussed.
Issue 3A (September 2002)
Received 17 February 2002
Published 4 September 2002
H P Leenhouts et al 2002 J. Radiol. Prot. 22 A163
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