Radiation-induced cancer
id:
radiation-induced-cancer-219-1537590
title:
Radiation-induced cancer
text:
Exposure to ionizing radiation is known to increase the future incidence of cancer, particularly leukemia. The mechanism by which this occurs is well understood, but quantitative models predicting the level of risk remain controversial. The most widely accepted model posits that the incidence of cancers due to ionizing radiation increases linearly with effective radiation dose at a rate of 5.5% per sievert; if correct, natural background radiation is the most hazardous source of radiation to gen
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Cancer caused by ionizing radiation exposure
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation-induced_cancer
date created:
2012-05-31T14:02:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T15:56:59Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q7280327","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7280327"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
15