Record Nr.

UNINA9911006575703321

Titolo

Risk estimates for radiation protection / / recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Bethesda, MD, : the Council, 1993

ISBN

978-0-929600-34-5

978-1-60119-397-1

0-929600-34-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

NCRP report ; ; no. 115

Disciplina

616.9/89705

Soggetti

Radiation carcinogenesis - Epidemiology

Ionizing radiation - Safety measures

Health risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Issued December 31, 1993".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Preface ""; ""Contents ""; ""1. Summary ""; ""2. Introduction ""; ""3. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation Reports ""; ""3.1 Earlier Reports of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ""; ""3.2 The 1988 Report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ""; ""4. Committee on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations Reports ""; ""4.1 Earlier Reports of the Committee on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations ""

""4.2 The 1990 Report of the Committee on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations """"5. Comparison of the Reports of the 1988 UNSCEAR and the 1990 BEIR ""; ""5.1 Data Bases and Analysis ""; ""5.2 Reasons for Increase in Risk Estimates ""; ""6. Critiques of the Reports of the 1988 UNSCEAR and the 1990 BEIR ""; ""6.1 Data Bases ""; ""6.2 Dose and Relative Biological Effectiveness ""; ""6.3 Dose-Response Curves ""; ""6.4 Risks at Low-Dose Rates and with Protracted Exposures ""; ""6.5 Dose-Rate Effectiveness Factors ""; ""6.6 Age and Sex Dependence ""; ""6.7 Risk-Projection Models ""

""6.8 Transfer of Risks to Other Populations """"6.9 Estimates of Risk for Working Populations ""; ""6.10 Competing Causes of Mortality and

Independence of Risks ""; ""6.11 Summary of New Risk Estimates for Cancer Mortality ""; ""7. ""In Utero"" Irradiation and Childhood Cancer ""; ""8. Radiation Effects in Children of Irradiated Parents ""; ""9. Cancer and Alpha-Particle Emitting Radionuclides ""; ""9.1 Radon ""; ""9.2 Radium ""; ""9.3 Thorium ""; ""9.4 Transuranic Elements ""; ""9.5 Summary ""; ""10. Iodine Radioisotopes and Thyroid Cancer ""; ""11. Hereditary Effects ""

""11.1 Introduction """"11.2 Estimates of Genetic Risk ""; ""11.3 Doubling Dose and Dominant Diseases ""; ""11.4 Aneuploidy Introduction ""; ""11.5 Translocations ""; ""11.6 Irregularly Inherited Diseases ""; ""11.7 Risk Estimates: Atomic-Bomb Studies ""; ""11.8 Summary of Risk Estimates ""; ""12. Radiation Effects on Brain ""; ""12.1 Radiation Effects on the Brain of the Embryo/Fetus ""; ""12.2 Radiation Effects on Intelligence ""; ""12.3 Studies of Radiation-Therapy Patients ""; ""13. The Relative Contributions of Fatal Cancers of Different Sites to the Detriment Induced by Radiation ""

""13.1 Introduction """"13.2 Sex ""; ""13.3 Age ""; ""13.4 National Populations and Transfer Models ""; ""13.5 United States Population Versus the International Commission on Radiological Protection ""Average Population"" ""; ""13.6 Expected Years of Life Lost from Fatal Cancer in Organs Versus Sex, Age, Population, and Model ""; ""13.7 Comparison of Estimates of Fatal Cancer Risks in Organs in 1991 With Those of 1977 ""; ""14. Detriment Due to Radiation Exposure at Low Doses ""; ""14.1 Introduction ""; ""14.2 Estimate of the Detriment ""; ""14.3 Tissue Weighting Factors ""

""14.4 Working Populations ""

Record Nr.

UNINA9910481494503321

Autore

Tasso Torquato <1544-1595.>

Titolo

Aminta fauola boschereccia del s. Torquato Tasso

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Venice, : Aldine Press, 1583

Descrizione fisica

Online resource (92, [4] p., 12°.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ManuzioAldo <1547-1597.>