Health Effect of Low-Dose-Rate Irradiation with Cumulative Threshold Dose: A Promising Area to Explore in Nuclear Emergency and Environmental Contamination
1. Introduction
2. Low-Dose-Rate Irradiation with Cumulative Doses
3. Linear No-Threshold (LNT)-Based Guidance May Do More Harm than Good in Reacting to Low-Dose-Rate Radiation Exposure after a Nuclear Emergency
4. Low-Dose-Rate Radiation Exposure with Cumulative Threshold Doses: A Promising Area to Explore
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Tang, F.R. Health Effect of Low-Dose-Rate Irradiation with Cumulative Threshold Dose: A Promising Area to Explore in Nuclear Emergency and Environmental Contamination. Cells 2024, 13, 1521. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13181521
Tang FR. Health Effect of Low-Dose-Rate Irradiation with Cumulative Threshold Dose: A Promising Area to Explore in Nuclear Emergency and Environmental Contamination. Cells. 2024; 13(18):1521. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13181521
Chicago/Turabian StyleTang, Feng Ru. 2024. "Health Effect of Low-Dose-Rate Irradiation with Cumulative Threshold Dose: A Promising Area to Explore in Nuclear Emergency and Environmental Contamination" Cells 13, no. 18: 1521. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13181521