Health risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation : BEIR VII Phase 2
General Material Designation
[electronic resources]
First Statement of Responsibility
\ 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.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C.
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: National Academies Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 406 p.
Other Physical Details
:ill.
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
This 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.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-372) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Ionizing radiation-- Toxicology.
Ionizing radiation-- Physiological effect.
Ionizing radiation-- Dose-response relationship.
Radiation Injuries.
Radiation, Ionizing.
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
363
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17/99
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RA1231
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R2
Book number
H395
2006
E-book
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CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Level of Ionizing Radiation.