Health risks from exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation : BEIR VII Phase 2 / Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Contents Background Infomration -- Molecular and Cellullar Response to Ionizing Radiation -- Radiation-Induced Cancer: Mechanisms, Quantitative Experimental Studies, and the Role of Genetic Factors -- Heritable Genetic Effects of Radiation in Human Populations -- Background for Epidemiologic Methods -- A-Bomb Survivor Studies -- Medical Radiation Studies -- Occupational Radiation Studies -- Environmental Radiation Studies -- Inegration of Biology and Epidemiology -- Risk Assessment, Models, and Methods -- Estimating Cancer Risk -- Summary and Research Needs.
General noteThis is the seventh in a series of reports from the National Research Council prepared to advise the U.S. government on the relationship between exposure to ionizing radiation and human health.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 337-372) and index.
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LCCN 2006000279
ISBN030909156X (pbk.)
ISBN0309530407 (pdf)
ISBN9780309091565