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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968979503321

Titolo

Health risks from exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation : BEIR  VII, Phase 2 / / Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, Board on Radiation Effects, Research Division on Earth and Life Studies,  National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2006

ISBN

9786610447176

9781280447174

1280447176

9780309530408

0309530407

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (423 p.)

Disciplina

363.17/99

Soggetti

Ionizing radiation - Toxicology

Ionizing radiation - Physiological effect

Ionizing radiation - Dose-response relationship

Ionizing raadiation

Risk assessment

Radiation, Ionizing

Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation

Radiation Effects

Risk Assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This is the seventh in a series of reports from the National Research Council prepared to advise the U.S. government on the relationship between exposure to ionizing radiation and human health.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Background Information -- Molecular and Cellular Response to Ionizing Radiation -- Radiation-Induced Cancer: Mechanisms, Quantitative Experimental Studies, and the Role of Genetic Factors -- Heritable Genetic Effects of Radiation in Human Populations -- Background for Epidemiologic Methods -- A-Bomb Survivor Studies -- Medical



Radiation Studies -- Occupational Radiation Studies -- Environmental Radiation Studies -- Integration of Biology and Epidemiology -- Risk Assessment, Models, and Methods -- Estimating Cancer Risk -- Summary and Research Needs.