How is the risk of radiation-induced cancer influenced by background risk factors? Invited commentary on "a method for determining weights for excess relative risk and excess absolute risk when applied in the calculation of lifetime risk of cancer from radiation exposure" by Walsh and Schneider (2012).

MP Little; R Wakeford

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How is the risk of radiation-induced cancer influenced by background risk factors? Invited commentary on "a method for determining weights for excess relative risk and excess absolute risk when applied in the calculation of lifetime risk of cancer from radiation exposure" by Walsh and Schneider (2012).

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	147-150
Number of pages	4
Journal	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
Volume	52
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-012-0442-9
Publication status	Published - Mar 2013

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Little, MP., & Wakeford, R. (2013). How is the risk of radiation-induced cancer influenced by background risk factors? Invited commentary on "a method for determining weights for excess relative risk and excess absolute risk when applied in the calculation of lifetime risk of cancer from radiation exposure" by Walsh and Schneider (2012). Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, 52, 147-150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-012-0442-9

Little, MP ; Wakeford, R. / How is the risk of radiation-induced cancer influenced by background risk factors? Invited commentary on "a method for determining weights for excess relative risk and excess absolute risk when applied in the calculation of lifetime risk of cancer from radiation exposure" by Walsh and Schneider (2012). In: Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. 2013 ; Vol. 52. pp. 147-150.

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Little MP, Wakeford R. How is the risk of radiation-induced cancer influenced by background risk factors? Invited commentary on "a method for determining weights for excess relative risk and excess absolute risk when applied in the calculation of lifetime risk of cancer from radiation exposure" by Walsh and Schneider (2012). Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. 2013 Mar;52:147-150. doi: 10.1007/s00411-012-0442-9

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