Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: Beir V - Softcover

Committee On The Biological Effects Of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR V); Commission On Life Sciences; Division On Earth And Life Studies; National Research Council; Hayes, Cheryl D.; Palm, John L.; National Academy Of Sciences

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309073588 ISBN 13: 9780309073585

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1990

Synopsis

This book reevaluates the health risks of ionizing radiation in light of data that have become available since the 1980 report on this subject was published. The data include new, much more reliable dose estimates for the A-bomb survivors, the results of an additional 14 years of follow-up of the survivors for cancer mortality, recent results of follow-up studies of persons irradiated for medical purposes, and results of relevant experiments with laboratory animals and cultured cells. It analyzes the data in terms of risk estimates for specific organs in relation to dose and time after exposure, and compares radiation effects between Japanese and Western populations.

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Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR V), National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309073588
• ISBN 13: 9780309073585
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 436