Article
[Thoughts on carcinogenic pollution caused by ionizing radiation].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Jan 2000
Latarjet R
Abstract excerpt
The pollution phenomenon groups the effects of small doses of radiation on large populations. These effects on Man are not directly accessible. One must: a) consider some epidemiological statistics (cosmic radiation at high altitudes; radioactivity from granitic surroundings); b) extrapolate from...
Topics
- Animals
- Background Radiation
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Mice
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
- Radiation Dosage
- Radiation, Ionizing
- Radioactive Pollutants
- Radiotherapy Dosage
