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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970125703321

Titolo

Health effects of exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation : BEIR V / / Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1990

ISBN

9786613376510

9781283376518

1283376512

9780309589703

0309589703

9780585238340

0585238340

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (436 pages)

Collana

BEIR ; ; 5

Disciplina

616.9/897

Soggetti

Low-level radiation - Health aspects

Ionizing radiation - Health aspects

Ionizing radiation - Physiological effect

Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced

Radiation Effects

Radiation, Ionizing

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Background information and scientific principles -- 2. Genetic effects of radiation -- 3. Mechanisms of radiation-induced cancer -- 4. Risk of cancer, all sites -- 5. Radiogenic cancer at specific sites -- 6. Other somatic and fetal effects -- 7. Low dose epidemiological studies.

Sommario/riassunto

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.