title: Low Dose Effects: Benefit or Harm?
abstract: This forum article discusses issues related to the effects of low dose radiation, an area that is under intense study but difficult to assess. Experiments with large-scale animal studies are included in this paper; these studies point to the need for international consortia to examine and balance the results of these large-scale studies and databases.
authors.affiliation: *Departments of Radiation Oncology and Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center.
authors.forename: Gayle E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Woloschak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D051379:Mice; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*