INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE NATURAL RADIATION EXPOSURES AND LOW-DOSE RADIATION EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES

摘要

This special issue of Radiation Protection Dosimetry constitutes the Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Natural Radiation Exposures and Low Dose Radiation Epidemiological Studies (NARE2012), organised by the Hirosaki University and National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Japan, and held at Hirosaki University, 29 February-3 March 2012. The symposium was supported by the Aomori Prefecture Government as well as the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) through the grant-in-aid entitled 'Construction of Natural Radiation Exposure Study Network' which commenced in 2009 and was managed by NIRS.