Exposure of the American population to radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests [[electronic resource] ] : 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 / / Committee to Review the CDC-NCI Feasibility Study of the Health Consequences from Nuclear Weapons Tests, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780295903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2003
• ISBN: 0-309-16846-5; 1-280-18023-4; 9786610180233; 0-309-56648-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (81 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/969897/00973
• Soggetti: Nuclear weapons testing victims - Health risk assessment - United States; Ionizing radiation - Dosage - United States; Radiation carcinogenesis - United States
• 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 (p. 38-40).
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""