Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: BEIR VII Phase 2

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• Publisher: The National Academies Press
• eBook ISBN:
  7822385157253

Table of contents

• FrontMatter
• Preface
• Reviewers
• Units Used to Express Radiation Dose
• Contents
• Public Summary
• Executive Summary
• 1 Background Information
• 2 Molecular and Cellular Responses to Ionizing Radiation
• 3 Radiation-Induced Cancer: Mechanisms, Quantitative Experimental Studies, and the Role of Genetic Factors
• 4 Heritable Genetic Effects of Radiation in Human Populations
• 5 Background for Epidemiologic Methods
• 6 Atomic Bomb Survivor Studies
• 7 Medical Radiation Studies
• 8 Occupational Radiation Studies
• 9 Environmental Radiation Studies
• 10 Integration of Biology and Epidemiology
• 11 Risk Assessment Models and Methods
• 12 Estimating Cancer Risk
• 13 Summary and Research Needs
• Appendixes
• A Basic Biological and Genetic Concepts
• B Commentary on “Radiation from Medical Procedures in the Pathogenesis of Cancer and Ischemic Heart Disease: Dose- Response Studies with Physicians per 100,000 Population”
• C Issues Raised by the Institute for Energy and Environment Research (IEER)
• D Hormesis
• E Fifteen-Country Workers Study
• References
• Glossary
• Committee Biographies
• Index