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Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations : Time for Reassessment?

Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations : Time for Reassessment? - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (86 pages)

Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS -- NEW EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESULTS -- ADVANCES IN METHODOLOGY -- CONSIDERATIONS FOR A BEIR VII PHASE-2 COMMITTEE -- RADIOEPIDEMIOLOGIC TABLES -- 3 CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR CONSIDERATIONS -- DNA DAMAGE AND ITS REPAIR -- CONCLUSIONS -- CONDITIONED AND INDUCIBLE RESPONSES TO RADIATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS AND MUTATIONS -- Chromosomal Aberrations -- Mutations -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4 ANIMAL STUDIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5 RADIOBIOLOGIC PRINCIPLES AND RISK MODELING -- LINEARITY VERSUS CURVILINEARITY -- THE DOSE DEPENDENCE OF RBE -- POTENTIAL IMPACT OF NEUTRONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 6 MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS -- THE TWO-MUTATION MODEL -- IMPLICATIONS OF THE MODEL FOR RISK ESTIMATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- LITERATURE CITED -- Information on Committee Members -- List of Acronyms -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

9780309580526


Low-level radiation--Health aspects.


Electronic books.

RA1231.R2 H35 1998

616.9/897

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