Health risks from exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation : BEIR VII Phase 2 /
Health risks from exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation : BEIR VII Phase 2 /
Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.
- xvi, 406 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
This is the seventh in a series of reports from the National Research Council prepared to advise the U.S. government on the relationship between exposure to ionizing radiation and human health.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-372) and index.
Background Infomration -- Molecular and Cellullar Response to Ionizing Radiation -- Radiation-Induced Cancer: Mechanisms, Quantitative Experimental Studies, and the Role of Genetic Factors -- Heritable Genetic Effects of Radiation in Human Populations -- Background for Epidemiologic Methods -- A-Bomb Survivor Studies -- Medical Radiation Studies -- Occupational Radiation Studies -- Environmental Radiation Studies -- Inegration of Biology and Epidemiology -- Risk Assessment, Models, and Methods -- Estimating Cancer Risk -- Summary and Research Needs.
030909156X (pbk.) 0309530407 (pdf) 9780309091565
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Ionizing radiation--Toxicology.
Ionizing radiation--Physiological effect.
Ionizing radiation--Dose-response relationship.
Radiation Injuries.
Radiation, Ionizing.
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation.
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This is the seventh in a series of reports from the National Research Council prepared to advise the U.S. government on the relationship between exposure to ionizing radiation and human health.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-372) and index.
Background Infomration -- Molecular and Cellullar Response to Ionizing Radiation -- Radiation-Induced Cancer: Mechanisms, Quantitative Experimental Studies, and the Role of Genetic Factors -- Heritable Genetic Effects of Radiation in Human Populations -- Background for Epidemiologic Methods -- A-Bomb Survivor Studies -- Medical Radiation Studies -- Occupational Radiation Studies -- Environmental Radiation Studies -- Inegration of Biology and Epidemiology -- Risk Assessment, Models, and Methods -- Estimating Cancer Risk -- Summary and Research Needs.
030909156X (pbk.) 0309530407 (pdf) 9780309091565
2006000279
Ionizing radiation--Toxicology.
Ionizing radiation--Physiological effect.
Ionizing radiation--Dose-response relationship.
Radiation Injuries.
Radiation, Ionizing.
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation.
RA1231.R2 / H395 2006
363.17/99