The overestimation of medical consequences of low-dose exposure to ionizing radiation /

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Author / Creator:I︠A︡rgin, S. V. (Sergeĭ Vadimovich), author.
Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.
[Place of publication not identified] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.
©2019
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12648550
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ISBN:9781527527379
1527527379
9781527526723
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 11, 2019).
Summary:This book shows that the medical consequences of low-dose, low-rate exposures to ionizing radiation have been overestimated by certain scientists, which apparently occurred in accordance with unofficial policies and directives. It analyses and exposes the biases and hidden conflicts of interest in numerous scientific publications overestimating the medico-biological consequences of low-dose radiation. After the Chernobyl accident, many publications exaggerated its medical consequences. Among the motives for this were financing, publication pressure, and career prospects. The accident has been.