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
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