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Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation : BEIR VII Phase 2.

Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (422 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780309530408
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing RadiationDDC classification:
  • 363.17/99
LOC classification:
  • RA1231.R2H395 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
FrontMatter -- Preface -- Reviewers -- Units Used to Express Radiation Dose -- Contents -- Public Summary -- Executive Summary -- 1 Background Information -- 2 Molecular and Cellular Responses to Ionizing Radiation -- 3 Radiation-Induced Cancer: Mechanisms, Quantitative Experimental Studies, and the Role of Genetic Factors -- 4 Heritable Genetic Effects of Radiation in Human Populations -- 5 Background for Epidemiologic Methods -- 6 Atomic Bomb Survivor Studies -- 7 Medical Radiation Studies -- 8 Occupational Radiation Studies -- 9 Environmental Radiation Studies -- 10 Integration of Biology and Epidemiology -- 11 Risk Assessment Models and Methods -- 12 Estimating Cancer Risk -- 13 Summary and Research Needs -- Appendixes -- A Basic Biological and Genetic Concepts -- B Commentary on "Radiation from Medical Procedures in the Pathogenesis of Cancer and Ischemic Heart Disease: Dose- Response Studies with Physicians per 100,000 Population" -- C Issues Raised by the Institute for Energy and Environment Research (IEER) -- D Hormesis -- E Fifteen-Country Workers Study -- References -- Glossary -- Committee Biographies -- Index.
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FrontMatter -- Preface -- Reviewers -- Units Used to Express Radiation Dose -- Contents -- Public Summary -- Executive Summary -- 1 Background Information -- 2 Molecular and Cellular Responses to Ionizing Radiation -- 3 Radiation-Induced Cancer: Mechanisms, Quantitative Experimental Studies, and the Role of Genetic Factors -- 4 Heritable Genetic Effects of Radiation in Human Populations -- 5 Background for Epidemiologic Methods -- 6 Atomic Bomb Survivor Studies -- 7 Medical Radiation Studies -- 8 Occupational Radiation Studies -- 9 Environmental Radiation Studies -- 10 Integration of Biology and Epidemiology -- 11 Risk Assessment Models and Methods -- 12 Estimating Cancer Risk -- 13 Summary and Research Needs -- Appendixes -- A Basic Biological and Genetic Concepts -- B Commentary on "Radiation from Medical Procedures in the Pathogenesis of Cancer and Ischemic Heart Disease: Dose- Response Studies with Physicians per 100,000 Population" -- C Issues Raised by the Institute for Energy and Environment Research (IEER) -- D Hormesis -- E Fifteen-Country Workers Study -- References -- Glossary -- Committee Biographies -- Index.

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