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The five series study [[electronic resource] ] : mortality of military participants in U.S. nuclear weapons tests : medical follow-up agency, Institute of Medicine / / by Susan Thaul ... [et al.] ; with oversight from the Committee to Study the Mortality of Military Personnel Present at Atmospheric Tests of Nuclear Weapons
| The five series study [[electronic resource] ] : mortality of military participants in U.S. nuclear weapons tests : medical follow-up agency, Institute of Medicine / / by Susan Thaul ... [et al.] ; with oversight from the Committee to Study the Mortality of Military Personnel Present at Atmospheric Tests of Nuclear Weapons |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.9897 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ThaulSusan |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons testing victims - Health aspects
Soldiers - Mortality Nuclear weapons - Testing - Health aspects Radiation carcinogenesis |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-18565-1
9786610185658 0-309-56939-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""The Five Series Study""; ""Copyright""; ""REVIEWERS""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Glossary""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""METHODS""; ""FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION""; ""1 Study Rationale and Overview ""; ""RATIONALE""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""2 Other Studies of Radiation Exposure of Military Personnel ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MILITARY POPULATIONS""; ""3 An Overview of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing Program ""; ""GREENHOUSE""; ""UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE""; ""CASTLE""; ""REDWING""; ""PLUMB BOB""; ""ESTIMATES OF EXTERNAL DOSES""; ""4 Data Sources ""
""COHORT IDENTIFICATION""""Nuclear Test Personnel Review Program""; ""National Archives and Military Collections""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF COHORT MEMBERS, INCLUDING DATE OF BIRTH AND VITAL STATUS""; ""Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem""; ""VA Master Index""; ""Military Personnel Folder""; ""CAUSE OF DEATH""; ""Veteran's Claim Folder""; ""National Death Index""; ""POPULATION MORTALITY RATES FOR COMPARISON""; ""5 The Participant Cohort ""; ""RELATIONSHIP OF PARTICIPANT ROSTERS USED IN THE 1985 PUBLICATION AND THIS REPORT"" ""PARTICIPATION IN SERIES OTHER THAN THE SELECTION SERIES""""6 The Referent Cohort ""; ""7 Exposure Definition and Measurement ""; ""DNA-PROVIDED DOSE ESTIMATES""; ""Individual Doses""; ""Alternative Uses of Dose Data""; ""POTENTIAL SURROGATE MEASURES OF DOSE""; ""DECISIONS FOR THE ANALYSES IN THIS REPORT""; ""FUTURE OPTIONS FOR USE OF DOSIMETRY""; ""8 Mortality Ascertainment ""; ""FACT-OF-DEATH ASCERTAINMENT""; ""FACT-OF-DEATH VALIDATION""; ""DATE OF DEATH""; ""CAUSE-OF-DEATH ACQUISITION""; ""CAUSE-OF-DEATH VALIDATION""; ""9 Analysis Structure ""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""AVAILABLE DATA"" ""ANALYSIS""""Variables""; ""Type of Analysis""; ""Diagnosis Groups""; ""10 Description of Cohort Characteristics ""; ""11 Findings ""; ""TESTS OF PREDETERMINED PRINCIPAL ENDPOINTS""; ""DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES OF PREDETERMINED ADDITIONAL MORTALITY ENDPOINTS""; ""INVESTIGATING LEUKEMIA RISK BY LAND AND SEA SERIES PARTICIPATION""; ""INVESTIGATING LEUKEMIA RISK BY TIME SINCE FIRST PARTICIPATION AND AGE AT FIRST PARTICIPATION""; ""12 Discussion ""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""Fact-of-Death and Cause-of-Death Ascertainment""; ""Statistical Power""; ""Other Possible Confounding Factors"" ""Military Service Characteristics""""Other Lifetime Radiation Exposure""; ""Contributing and Associated Causes of Death""; ""Inadequate Dosimetry""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Leukemia""; ""Thyroid Cancer""; ""Lung Cancer""; ""Nasal Cancer""; ""Prostate Cancer""; ""CONCLUDING COMMENTS""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A A Review of the Dosimetry Data Available in the Nuclear Test Personnel Review Program""; ""APPENDIX B National Association of Atomic Veterans Medical Survey ""; ""APPENDIX C Epidemiology Primer ""; ""CHOICE OF COMPARISON GROUP""; ""FINE TUNING OF EXPOSED GROUP""; ""CONFOUNDERS"" ""DATA COLLECTION"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456103603321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The five series study [[electronic resource] ] : mortality of military participants in U.S. nuclear weapons tests : medical follow-up agency, Institute of Medicine / / by Susan Thaul ... [et al.] ; with oversight from the Committee to Study the Mortality of Military Personnel Present at Atmospheric Tests of Nuclear Weapons
| The five series study [[electronic resource] ] : mortality of military participants in U.S. nuclear weapons tests : medical follow-up agency, Institute of Medicine / / by Susan Thaul ... [et al.] ; with oversight from the Committee to Study the Mortality of Military Personnel Present at Atmospheric Tests of Nuclear Weapons |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.9897 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ThaulSusan |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons testing victims - Health aspects
Soldiers - Mortality Nuclear weapons - Testing - Health aspects Radiation carcinogenesis |
| ISBN |
0-309-17259-4
1-280-18565-1 9786610185658 0-309-56939-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""The Five Series Study""; ""Copyright""; ""REVIEWERS""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Glossary""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""METHODS""; ""FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION""; ""1 Study Rationale and Overview ""; ""RATIONALE""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""2 Other Studies of Radiation Exposure of Military Personnel ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MILITARY POPULATIONS""; ""3 An Overview of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing Program ""; ""GREENHOUSE""; ""UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE""; ""CASTLE""; ""REDWING""; ""PLUMB BOB""; ""ESTIMATES OF EXTERNAL DOSES""; ""4 Data Sources ""
""COHORT IDENTIFICATION""""Nuclear Test Personnel Review Program""; ""National Archives and Military Collections""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF COHORT MEMBERS, INCLUDING DATE OF BIRTH AND VITAL STATUS""; ""Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem""; ""VA Master Index""; ""Military Personnel Folder""; ""CAUSE OF DEATH""; ""Veteran's Claim Folder""; ""National Death Index""; ""POPULATION MORTALITY RATES FOR COMPARISON""; ""5 The Participant Cohort ""; ""RELATIONSHIP OF PARTICIPANT ROSTERS USED IN THE 1985 PUBLICATION AND THIS REPORT"" ""PARTICIPATION IN SERIES OTHER THAN THE SELECTION SERIES""""6 The Referent Cohort ""; ""7 Exposure Definition and Measurement ""; ""DNA-PROVIDED DOSE ESTIMATES""; ""Individual Doses""; ""Alternative Uses of Dose Data""; ""POTENTIAL SURROGATE MEASURES OF DOSE""; ""DECISIONS FOR THE ANALYSES IN THIS REPORT""; ""FUTURE OPTIONS FOR USE OF DOSIMETRY""; ""8 Mortality Ascertainment ""; ""FACT-OF-DEATH ASCERTAINMENT""; ""FACT-OF-DEATH VALIDATION""; ""DATE OF DEATH""; ""CAUSE-OF-DEATH ACQUISITION""; ""CAUSE-OF-DEATH VALIDATION""; ""9 Analysis Structure ""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""AVAILABLE DATA"" ""ANALYSIS""""Variables""; ""Type of Analysis""; ""Diagnosis Groups""; ""10 Description of Cohort Characteristics ""; ""11 Findings ""; ""TESTS OF PREDETERMINED PRINCIPAL ENDPOINTS""; ""DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES OF PREDETERMINED ADDITIONAL MORTALITY ENDPOINTS""; ""INVESTIGATING LEUKEMIA RISK BY LAND AND SEA SERIES PARTICIPATION""; ""INVESTIGATING LEUKEMIA RISK BY TIME SINCE FIRST PARTICIPATION AND AGE AT FIRST PARTICIPATION""; ""12 Discussion ""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""Fact-of-Death and Cause-of-Death Ascertainment""; ""Statistical Power""; ""Other Possible Confounding Factors"" ""Military Service Characteristics""""Other Lifetime Radiation Exposure""; ""Contributing and Associated Causes of Death""; ""Inadequate Dosimetry""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Leukemia""; ""Thyroid Cancer""; ""Lung Cancer""; ""Nasal Cancer""; ""Prostate Cancer""; ""CONCLUDING COMMENTS""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A A Review of the Dosimetry Data Available in the Nuclear Test Personnel Review Program""; ""APPENDIX B National Association of Atomic Veterans Medical Survey ""; ""APPENDIX C Epidemiology Primer ""; ""CHOICE OF COMPARISON GROUP""; ""FINE TUNING OF EXPOSED GROUP""; ""CONFOUNDERS"" ""DATA COLLECTION"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778743003321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The five series study : mortality of military participants in U.S. nuclear weapons tests : medical follow-up agency, Institute of Medicine / / by Susan Thaul ... [et al.] ; with oversight from the Committee to Study the Mortality of Military Personnel Present at Atmospheric Tests of Nuclear Weapons
| The five series study : mortality of military participants in U.S. nuclear weapons tests : medical follow-up agency, Institute of Medicine / / by Susan Thaul ... [et al.] ; with oversight from the Committee to Study the Mortality of Military Personnel Present at Atmospheric Tests of Nuclear Weapons |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.9897 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ThaulSusan |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons testing victims - Health aspects
Soldiers - Mortality Nuclear weapons - Testing - Health aspects Radiation carcinogenesis |
| ISBN |
0-309-17259-4
1-280-18565-1 9786610185658 0-309-56939-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""The Five Series Study""; ""Copyright""; ""REVIEWERS""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Glossary""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""METHODS""; ""FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION""; ""1 Study Rationale and Overview ""; ""RATIONALE""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""2 Other Studies of Radiation Exposure of Military Personnel ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MILITARY POPULATIONS""; ""3 An Overview of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing Program ""; ""GREENHOUSE""; ""UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE""; ""CASTLE""; ""REDWING""; ""PLUMB BOB""; ""ESTIMATES OF EXTERNAL DOSES""; ""4 Data Sources ""
""COHORT IDENTIFICATION""""Nuclear Test Personnel Review Program""; ""National Archives and Military Collections""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF COHORT MEMBERS, INCLUDING DATE OF BIRTH AND VITAL STATUS""; ""Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem""; ""VA Master Index""; ""Military Personnel Folder""; ""CAUSE OF DEATH""; ""Veteran's Claim Folder""; ""National Death Index""; ""POPULATION MORTALITY RATES FOR COMPARISON""; ""5 The Participant Cohort ""; ""RELATIONSHIP OF PARTICIPANT ROSTERS USED IN THE 1985 PUBLICATION AND THIS REPORT"" ""PARTICIPATION IN SERIES OTHER THAN THE SELECTION SERIES""""6 The Referent Cohort ""; ""7 Exposure Definition and Measurement ""; ""DNA-PROVIDED DOSE ESTIMATES""; ""Individual Doses""; ""Alternative Uses of Dose Data""; ""POTENTIAL SURROGATE MEASURES OF DOSE""; ""DECISIONS FOR THE ANALYSES IN THIS REPORT""; ""FUTURE OPTIONS FOR USE OF DOSIMETRY""; ""8 Mortality Ascertainment ""; ""FACT-OF-DEATH ASCERTAINMENT""; ""FACT-OF-DEATH VALIDATION""; ""DATE OF DEATH""; ""CAUSE-OF-DEATH ACQUISITION""; ""CAUSE-OF-DEATH VALIDATION""; ""9 Analysis Structure ""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""AVAILABLE DATA"" ""ANALYSIS""""Variables""; ""Type of Analysis""; ""Diagnosis Groups""; ""10 Description of Cohort Characteristics ""; ""11 Findings ""; ""TESTS OF PREDETERMINED PRINCIPAL ENDPOINTS""; ""DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES OF PREDETERMINED ADDITIONAL MORTALITY ENDPOINTS""; ""INVESTIGATING LEUKEMIA RISK BY LAND AND SEA SERIES PARTICIPATION""; ""INVESTIGATING LEUKEMIA RISK BY TIME SINCE FIRST PARTICIPATION AND AGE AT FIRST PARTICIPATION""; ""12 Discussion ""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""Fact-of-Death and Cause-of-Death Ascertainment""; ""Statistical Power""; ""Other Possible Confounding Factors"" ""Military Service Characteristics""""Other Lifetime Radiation Exposure""; ""Contributing and Associated Causes of Death""; ""Inadequate Dosimetry""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Leukemia""; ""Thyroid Cancer""; ""Lung Cancer""; ""Nasal Cancer""; ""Prostate Cancer""; ""CONCLUDING COMMENTS""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A A Review of the Dosimetry Data Available in the Nuclear Test Personnel Review Program""; ""APPENDIX B National Association of Atomic Veterans Medical Survey ""; ""APPENDIX C Epidemiology Primer ""; ""CHOICE OF COMPARISON GROUP""; ""FINE TUNING OF EXPOSED GROUP""; ""CONFOUNDERS"" ""DATA COLLECTION"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826175203321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Health effects of exposure to radon [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
| Health effects of exposure to radon [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (516 p.) |
| Disciplina | 615.91 |
| Collana | BEIR |
| Soggetto topico |
Radon - Health aspects
Radon - Toxicology Radon - Physiological effect Radiation carcinogenesis Indoor air pollution - Health aspects Health risk assessment |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-309-52374-5
0-585-03733-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Public Summary: The Health Effects of Exposure to Indoor Radon""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Mechanistic Basis of Radon-Induced Lung Cancer""; ""3 Models and Risk Projections""; ""4 Health Effects of Radon Progeny on Non-Lung-Cancer Outcomes""; ""Appendix A Risk Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis""; ""Appendix B Comparative Dosimetry""; ""Appendix C Tobacco-Smoking and Its Interaction with Radon""; ""Appendix D Miner Studies""; ""Appendix E Exposures of Miners to Radon Progeny""
""Appendix E Exposures of Miners to Radon Progeny"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455768903321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Health effects of exposure to radon [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
| Health effects of exposure to radon [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (516 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.17/99 |
| Collana | BEIR |
| Soggetto topico |
Radon - Health aspects
Radon - Toxicology Radon - Physiological effect Radiation carcinogenesis Indoor air pollution - Health aspects Health risk assessment |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Radon
Chemicals Indoor Air Pollution Health Risk Assessment Science Medical |
| ISBN |
0-309-52374-5
0-585-03733-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Public Summary: The Health Effects of Exposure to Indoor Radon""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Mechanistic Basis of Radon-Induced Lung Cancer""; ""3 Models and Risk Projections""; ""4 Health Effects of Radon Progeny on Non-Lung-Cancer Outcomes""; ""Appendix A Risk Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis""; ""Appendix B Comparative Dosimetry""; ""Appendix C Tobacco-Smoking and Its Interaction with Radon""; ""Appendix D Miner Studies""; ""Appendix E Exposures of Miners to Radon Progeny""
""Appendix E Exposures of Miners to Radon Progeny"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778668503321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Health effects of exposure to radon / / Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
| Health effects of exposure to radon / / Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (516 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.17/99 |
| Collana | BEIR |
| Soggetto topico |
Radon - Health aspects
Radon - Toxicology Radon - Physiological effect Radiation carcinogenesis Indoor air pollution - Health aspects Health risk assessment |
| ISBN |
0-309-52374-5
0-585-03733-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Public Summary: The Health Effects of Exposure to Indoor Radon""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Mechanistic Basis of Radon-Induced Lung Cancer""; ""3 Models and Risk Projections""; ""4 Health Effects of Radon Progeny on Non-Lung-Cancer Outcomes""; ""Appendix A Risk Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis""; ""Appendix B Comparative Dosimetry""; ""Appendix C Tobacco-Smoking and Its Interaction with Radon""; ""Appendix D Miner Studies""; ""Appendix E Exposures of Miners to Radon Progeny""
""Appendix E Exposures of Miners to Radon Progeny"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812204803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Health effects of exposure to radon [[electronic resource] ] : time for reassessment? / / Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI), Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
| Health effects of exposure to radon [[electronic resource] ] : time for reassessment? / / Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI), Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (114 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.17/99 |
| Collana | BEIR |
| Soggetto topico |
Radon - Health aspects
Radon - Toxicology Radiation carcinogenesis |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-19336-0
9786610193363 0-309-58692-5 0-585-00179-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455977403321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Health effects of exposure to radon [[electronic resource] ] : time for reassessment? / / Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI), Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
| Health effects of exposure to radon [[electronic resource] ] : time for reassessment? / / Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI), Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (114 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.17/99 |
| Collana | BEIR |
| Soggetto topico |
Radon - Health aspects
Radon - Toxicology Radiation carcinogenesis |
| ISBN |
1-280-19336-0
9786610193363 0-309-58692-5 0-585-00179-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778767003321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Health 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 Council
| Health 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 Council |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (114 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.17/99 |
| Collana | BEIR |
| Soggetto topico |
Radon - Health aspects
Radon - Toxicology Radiation carcinogenesis |
| ISBN |
1-280-19336-0
9786610193363 0-309-58692-5 0-585-00179-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827544803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A review of the draft report of the NCI-CDC Working Group to revise the 1985 radioepidemiological tables [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on an Assessment of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Radiation Studies from DOE contractor sites: Subcommittee to Review Radioepicemiological Tables; Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences
| A review of the draft report of the NCI-CDC Working Group to revise the 1985 radioepidemiological tables [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on an Assessment of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Radiation Studies from DOE contractor sites: Subcommittee to Review Radioepicemiological Tables; Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (63 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.9897 |
| Soggetto topico |
Radiation - Physiological effect
Radiation - Health aspects Ionizing radiation - Dose-response relationship Radiation carcinogenesis Cancer - Epidemiology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-18527-9
9786610185276 0-309-56489-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
A Review of the Draft Report of the NCI-CDC Working Group to Revise the 1985 Radioepidemiological Tables; Copyright; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Contents; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SUMMARY OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S REPORT; 3. CRITIQUE; UTILITY OF THE DATA SOURCES; DATA SOURCES FOR ESTIMATES OF UNCERTAINTIES; ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING RADIOLOGIC EFFECTS; MODELING AND CHOICE OF PARAMETERS; 4. TREATMENT OF ACUTE AND PROTRACTED (CHRONIC) EXPOSURES; 5. ASSESSMENT OF TIME-SINCE-EXPOSURE AS A MODIFIER OF RISK; 6. APPLICABILITY OF ASSIGNED SHARE CALCULATIONS TO MINORITY GROUPS
7. ESTIMATION OF ASSIGNED SHARE FOR NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER8. TREATMENT OF UNCERTAINTY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RESIDUAL UNCERTAINTIES AND USE OF A SCALE FACTOR; 9. HOW SHOULD THE RADIOEPIDEMIOLOGICAL TABLES BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC?; A) EVALUATION OF THE INTERACTIVE RADIO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROGRAM:; Accessibility:; Transparency:; Flexibility:; B) OTHER ETHICAL AND COMMUNICATION ISSUES:; 10. FUTURE REVISIONS AND BROADER ISSUES; FUTURE REVISIONS:; BROADER ISSUES:; Usefulness of Probability of Causation:; Role of Uncertainty in Compensation:; 11. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS UTILITY OF DATA SOURCESConclusion; Recommendations; ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING RADIOLOGIC EFFECTS; Conclusion; Recommendations; EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND BIOSTATISTICAL MODELS; Conclusions; Recommendations; HANDLING OF UNCERTAINTY; Conclusions; Recommendations; Suggestions; MAKING THE RADIOEPIDEMIOLOGICAL TABLES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC; Conclusions; Recommendations; Suggestions; 12. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE COMPENSATION POLICY; APPENDIX A Specific Comments on the Working Group's Draft Report ; APPENDIX B Specific Comments on the Interactive Radio-Epidemiological Program ; Installation ANALYTICA ConstraintsIREP Choices in Implementation; Input Data; APPENDIX C Supplement to Text ; MLN - SOFTWARE FOR N-LEVEL ANALYSIS.; REFERENCES; Information on Committee Members |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455977703321 |
| Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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