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UNINA9910827544803321 |
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Titolo |
Health effects of exposure to radon : time for reassessment? / / Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI), Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-19336-0 |
9786610193363 |
0-309-58692-5 |
0-585-00179-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (114 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Radon - Health aspects |
Radon - Toxicology |
Radiation carcinogenesis |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-91). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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HEALTH EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO RADON: Time for Reassessment? -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Radiation Biology and Carcinogenesis -- INTRODUCTION -- RANGE AND TRACK STRUCTURE OF PARTICLES EMITTED BY RADON PROGENY -- RADIATION BIOLOGY OF -PARTICLE IRRADIATION -- Cell Lethaity -- Mutations in Cultured Cells -- Oncogenic Transformation In Vitro -- Comparison of Effects In Vivo and In Vitro -- Carcinogenesis in Laboratory Animals -- RBE VERSUS LET -- DOSE-RATE EFFECTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RISK ESTIMATES -- MECHANISMS OF CARCINOGENESIS -- MARKERS OF EXPOSURE -- SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 3 Exposure-Dose Relations -- STATUS OF STUDIES -- SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 Epidemiologic Investigations -- STUDIES OF MINERS -- Overview -- Cohorts of Miners -- Lung Cancer in Pooled Analysis of 11 Cohorts -- Assessment of Uncertainty in Lifetime Risk Estimates -- Nonrespiratory Cancers -- Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases -- STUDIES OF LUNG |
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