04708nam 2200601Ia 450 991100657570332120200520144314.0978-0-929600-34-5978-1-60119-397-10-929600-34-7(CKB)1000000000385119(EBL)3382286(SSID)ssj0000072915(PQKBManifestationID)11997334(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000072915(PQKBWorkID)10103807(PQKB)10629721(MiAaPQ)EBC3382286(EXLCZ)99100000000038511919931124d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRisk estimates for radiation protection /recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and MeasurementsBethesda, MD the Council19931 online resource (156 p.)NCRP report ;no. 115"Issued December 31, 1993".Includes bibliographical references and index.""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 ""NCRP report ;no. 115.Radiation carcinogenesisEpidemiologyIonizing radiationSafety measuresHealth risk assessmentRadiation carcinogenesisEpidemiology.Ionizing radiationSafety measures.Health risk assessment.616.9/89705National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911006575703321Risk estimates for radiation protection4390963UNINA