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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455382903321

Titolo

Exposure of the American people to Iodine-131 from Nevada nuclear-bomb tests [[electronic resource] ] : review of the National Cancer Institute report and public health implications / / Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, and Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Scienes, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 1999

ISBN

1-282-08137-3

9786612081378

0-309-52248-X

0-585-04729-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

362.1/969897/00973

Soggetti

Ionizing radiation - Dosage

Iodine - Isotopes - Toxicology - United States

Nuclear weapons testing victims - Health risk assessment - United States

Thyroid gland - Cancer - United States - Epidemiology

Radiation carcinogenesis - United States

Iodine in the body

Electronic books.

Nevada Test Site (Nev.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Review of the NCI Radiation Dose Reconstruction""; ""3 Health Risks of I-131 Exposure""; ""4 Implications for Clinical Practice and Public Health Policy""; ""5 Communicating with the Public about Exposure to Iodine-131""; ""6 Research Needs""; ""References""; ""Glossary""; ""Appendix A Study



Activities""; ""Appendix B Copy of the Memorandum from Dr. Charles Land to Dr. Richard Klausner""