Conclusions and Suggestions on Low-Dose and Low-Dose Rate Radiation Risk Estimation Methodology |
Sakai, Kazuo
(Higashigaoka Faculty of Nursing, Tokyo Healthcare University)
Yamada, Yutaka (Department of Radioecology and Fukushima Project, Center for Advanced Radiation Emergency Medicine, Quantum Medical Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology) Yoshida, Kazuo (Radiation Safety Research Center, Nuclear Technology Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry) Yoshinaga, Shinji (Department of Environmetrics and Biometrics, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University) Sato, Kaoru (Environment and Radiation Sciences Division, Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Ogata, Hiromitsu (Graduate School of Nutrition Sciences, Kagawa Nutrition University) Iwasaki, Toshiyasu (Radiation Safety Research Center, Nuclear Technology Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry) Kudo, Shin'ichi (Institute of Radiation Epidemiology, Radiation Effects Association) Asada, Yasuki (Deviation of Medical Physics, Faculty of Radiological Technology, School of Medical Sciences, Fujita Health University) Kawaguchi, Isao (Center for Radiation Protection Knowledge, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology) Haeno, Hiroshi (Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo) Sasaki, Michiya (Radiation Safety Research Center, Nuclear Technology Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry) |
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