BCRB 2018

First reports on harmful effects of radiation

1902: radiation-induced skin cancer reported 1911: radiation-induced leukemia described 1920s: bone cancer in radium dial painters 1930s: liver cancer and leukemia from Thorotrast 1940s: excess leukemia in first radiologists

Michael Joiner

Basic Clinical Radiobiology 2018

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