03349nam 2200625 a 450 991082754480332120240416232834.01-280-19336-097866101933630-309-58692-50-585-00179-0(CKB)110986584751454(OCoLC)42854084(CaPaEBR)ebrary10055034(SSID)ssj0000169500(PQKBManifestationID)11153736(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169500(PQKBWorkID)10203319(PQKB)10810112(MiAaPQ)EBC3376041(Au-PeEL)EBL3376041(CaPaEBR)ebr10055034(OCoLC)923260698(EXLCZ)9911098658475145419940802d1994 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHealth 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 Council1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Press19941 online resource (114 p.) BEIR ;6"B-453"--T.p. verso.0-309-05087-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-91).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 CANCER IN THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT -- Overview -- Case-Control Studies -- Status -- Problems and Limitations -- Ecologic Studies -- Status -- Problems and Limitations -- Radon-Induced Cancers Other than Lung Cancer -- SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Studies of Miners -- Studies of Lung Cancer in the General Environment -- Literature Cited -- Information on Committee Members.BEIR (Series) ;6.RadonHealth aspectsRadonToxicologyRadiation carcinogenesisRadonHealth aspects.RadonToxicology.Radiation carcinogenesis.363.17/99National Research Council (U.S.).Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827544803321Health effects of exposure to radon3918098UNINA