Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation
BEIR VII Phase 2
1st Edition
Published on 23. March 2006
422 pages
978-0-309-53040-8 (ISBN)
Description
BEIR VII develops the most up-to-date and comprehensive risk estimates for cancer and other health effects from exposure to low-level ionizing radiation. It is among the first reports of its kind to include detailed estimates for cancer incidence in addition to cancer mortality. In general, BEIR VII supports previously reported risk estimates for cancer and leukemia, but the availability of new and more extensive data have strengthened confidence in these estimates. A comprehensive review of available biological and biophysical data supports a "e,linear-no-threshold"e, (LNT) risk modelthat the risk of cancer proceeds in a linear fashion at lower doses without a threshold and that the smallest dose has the potential to cause a small increase in risk to humans. The report is from the Board on Radiation Research Effects that is now part of the newly formed Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board.
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Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation
BEIR VII Phase 2
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03/2006
National Academies Press
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Content
- 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
