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. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (81 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780309566483 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nuclear weapons testing victims-Health risk assessment-United States.<br/>Ionizing radiation-Dosage-United States.<br/>Radiation carcinogenesis-United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA569.E964 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.1/969897/00973