Exposure of the American Population to Radioactive Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Tests : A Review of the CDC-NCI Draft Report on a Feasibility Study of the Health Consequences to the American Population from Nuclear Weapons Tests Conducted by the United States and Other Nations.
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- 362.1/969897/00973
- RA569.E964 2003
EXPOSURE OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION TO RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- METHODS USED TO ESTIMATE DOSES AND HEALTH EFFECTS -- Sources of information -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT -- THE CONGRESSIONALLY REQUESTED FEASIBILITY STUDY -- THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL'S INVOLVEMENT -- 2 THE COMMITTEE'S REVIEW -- TECHNICAL APPROACH AND CONTENTS OF THE DRAFT REPORT -- ASSESSMENT OF THE DOSE RECONSTRUCTION -- Deposition Density of Nevada Test Site Fallout Radionuclides -- Iodine-131 -- Other Radionuclides -- External Doses from Nevada Test Site Fallout -- Internal Doses from Nevada Test Site Fallout -- Deposition Density of Global Fallout Radionuclides -- External Doses from Global Fallout -- Internal Doses from Global Fallout -- DOCUMENT LOCATION AND RETRIEVAL -- ASSESSMENT OF THE ESTIMATES OF CANCER RISK -- THE VALUE OF FURTHER REFINEMENTS OF THE 131I NEVADA TEST SITE CALCULATIONS AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS -- Dosimetric Refinements -- Epidemiologic Refinements -- COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT EXPOSURE AND CANCER RISK -- Overview of the Proposed Communication Plan -- The 131I/Nevada Test Site Communication Plan -- Would Adapting the 131I/Nevada Test Site Communication Plan Work for the Feasibility Study? -- Communication Issues for Option 1 -- COMMENTS ON THE OPTIONS FOR FUTURE WORK -- 3 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS -- Estimates of dose from Nevada Test Site and global fallout -- Document location and retrieval -- Estimates of cancer and non-cancer risks -- Communication with the public about exposure and cancer risk -- REFERENCES -- Appendix A SPECIFIC COMMENTS -- APPENDIX B COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES -- FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING -- SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING -- THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING -- FOURTH COMMITTEE MEETING -- GLOSSARY.
ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS -- Committee Biographies.
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