Health risks from exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation : BEIR VII, Phase 2 /

Health risks from exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation : BEIR VII, Phase 2 /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.
Description:xvi, 406 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Ionizing radiation -- Toxicology.
Ionizing radiation -- Physiological effect.
Ionizing radiation -- Dose-response relationship.
Ionizing radiation -- Dose-response relationship.
Ionizing radiation -- Physiological effect.
Ionizing radiation -- Toxicology.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5958090
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Other authors / contributors:National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Level of Ionizing Radiation.
ISBN:030909156X (pbk.)
0309530407 (pdf)
Notes: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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-372) and index.

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505 0 0 |t How Ionizing Radiation Was Discovered --  |t How Ionizing Radiation Is Detected --  |t Units Used to Describe Radiation Dose --  |t What Is Meant by Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation --  |t Exposure from Natural Background Radiation --  |t Contribution of Man-Made Radiation to Public Exposure --  |t Scenarios Illustrating How People Might Be Exposed to Ionizing Radiation above Background Levels --  |t Evidence for Adverse Health Effects Such as Cancer and Hereditary Disease --  |t The BEIR VII Risk Models --  |t Research Reviewed by the Committee --  |t Evidence from Biology --  |t Estimation of Heritable Genetic Effects of Radiation in Human Populations --  |t Evidence from Epidemiology --  |t Integration of Biology and Epidemiology --  |t Estimating Cancer Risks --  |t Recommended Research Needs --  |g 1.  |t Background Information --  |t Physical Aspects of Radiation --  |t Chemical Aspects of Radiation --  |t Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Repair --  |g Annex 1A.  |t Ionizing Radiation and Oxidative Damage-A Viewpoint from Saccharomyces cerevisiae --  |g 2.  |t Molecular and Cellular Responses to Ionizing Radiation --  |t General Aspects of Dose-Response Relationships --  |t Induction of Chromosome Aberrations --  |t Induction of Gene Mutations in Somatic Cells --  |t Radiation-Induced Genomic Instability --  |t Cell Cycle Effects --  |t Adaptive Response --  |t Bystander Effects --  |t Hyper-Radiation Sensitivity at Low Doses --  |t Observed Dose-Response Relationships at Low Doses --  |g 3.  |t Radiation-Induced Cancer: Mechanisms, Quantitative Experimental Studies, and the Role of Genetic Factors --  |t Mechanisms of Tumorigenesis --  |t Radiation-Induced Genomic Instability in Radiation Tumorigenesis --  |t Quantitative Studies in Experimental Tumorigenesis --  |t Genetic Susceptibility to Radiation-Induced Cancer --  |g 4.  |t Heritable Genetic Effects of Radiation in Human Populations --  |t Introduction and Brief History --  |t General Framework --  |t Genetic Diseases --  |t Risk Estimation Methods --  |t Recent Advances with Respect to the Three Quantities Used with the DD Method of Risk Estimation --  |t The Doubling Dose Estimate --  |t Mutation Component of Genetic Diseases --  |t MC Estimation for Chronic Multifactorial Disease --  |t Other Potentially Relevant Data --  |t Risk Estimation --  |g Annex 4A.  |t Models of Inheritance of Multifactorial Diseases in the Population --  |g Annex 4B.  |t The Doubling Dose --  |g Annex 4C.  |t Assumptions and Specifications of the Finite-Locus Threshold Model --  |g Annex 4D.  |t Differences Between Spontaneous Disease-Causing Mutations in Humans and Radiation-Induced Mutations in Experimental Systems --  |g Annex 4E.  |t Criteria Used to Assign Human Genes to One of Three Groups from the Standpoint of the Recoverability of Induced Mutations in Live Births --  |g Annex 4F.  |t Radiation Studies with Expanded Simple Tandem Repeat Loci in the Mouse and Minisatellite Loci in Human Germ Cells --  |g Annex 4G.  |t Doubling Doses Estimated from Genetic Data of Children of A-Bomb Survivors --  |g 5.  |t Background for Epidemiologic Methods --  |t Collection of Epidemiologic Data --  |t Analysis of Epidemiologic Data --  |t Interpretation of Epidemiologic Data --  |g 6.  |t Atomic Bomb Survivor Studies --  |t Description of the Cohort --  |t Statistical Methods --  |t All Solid Cancers --  |t Site-Specific Cancers --  |t Cancers Resulting from Exposure In Utero --  |t Benign Neoplasms --  |t Nonneoplastic Disease --  |t Life Shortening --  |g 7.  |t Medical Radiation Studies --  |t Medical Uses of Radiation --  |t Evaluation of Risk for Specific Cancer Sites --  |g 8.  |t Occupational Radiation Studies --  |t Nuclear Industry Workers --  |t Workers from the Mayak Facility --  |t Chernobyl Cleanup Workers --  |t Airline and Aerospace Employees --  |t Medical and Dental Occupational Exposures --  |g 9.  |t Environmental Radiation Studies --  |t Populations Living Around Nuclear Facilities --  |t Populations Exposed from Atmospheric Testing, Fallout, or Other Environmental Release of Radiation --  |t Populations Exposed from the Chernobyl Accident --  |t Populations Exposed from Natural Background --  |t Children of Adults Exposed to Radiation --  |t Exposure to Radioactive Iodine 131 --  |g 10.  |t Integration of Biology and Epidemiology --  |t DNA Damage Response and Cancer Risk --  |t Projection of Risks Over Time --  |t The Transport of Cancer Risk Between Different Populations --  |t Form of the Dose-Response for Radiation Tumorigenesis --  |t Dose and Dose-Rate Effects on Tumor Induction --  |t Other Forms of Cellular and Animal Response to Radiation --  |t Genetic Susceptibility to Cancer --  |t Heritable Effects of Radiation --  |g Annex 10A.  |t Application of the Moolgavkar and Knudson Two-Stage Clonal Expansion Model to the Transport of Radiation Cancer Risk --  |g Annex 10B.  |t Evidence for the Connection Between Dose Effects and Dose-Rate Effects in Animal Experiments --  |g 11.  |t Risk Assessment Models and Methods --  |t Risk Assessment Methodology --  |t Risk Models --  |t Variables That Modify the Dose-Response Relationship --  |g 12.  |t Estimating Cancer Risk --  |t Data Evaluated for BEIR VII Models --  |t Measures of Risk and Choice of Cancer End Points --  |t The BEIR VII Committee's Preferred Models --  |t Use of the Committee's Preferred Models to Estimate Risks for the U.S. Population --  |t Quantitative Evaluation of Uncertainty in Lifetime Risks --  |t Results of Risk Calculations --  |t Uncertainties in Lifetime Risk Estimates --  |t Coherence of Models with Other Studies --  |g Annex 12A.  |t Previous Models for Estimating Cancer Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Low-LET Ionizing Radiation --  |g Annex 12B.  |t Committee Analyses of Data on the LSS Cohort to Develop BEIR VII Models for Estimating Cancer Risks --  |g Annex 12C.  |t Details of LAR Uncertainty Analysis --  |g Annex 12D.  |t Additional Examples of Lifetime Risk Estimates Based on BEIR VII Preferred Models --  |g 13.  |t Summary and Research Needs --  |t Evidence from Biology --  |t Genetic Effects of Radiation on Human Populations --  |t Epidemiologic Studies of Populations Exposed to Ionizing Radiation --  |t Integration of Biology and Epidemiology --  |t Models for Estimating the Lifetime Risk of Cancer --  |g A.  |t Basic Biological and Genetic Concepts --  |g B.  |t Commentary on "Radiation From Medical Procedures in the Pathogenesis of Cancer and Ischemic Heart Disease: Dose-Response Studies with Physicians Per 100,000 Population" --  |g C.  |t Issues Raised by the Institute for Energy and Environment Research (IEER) --  |g D.  |t Hormesis --  |g E.  |t Fifteen-Country Workers Study. 
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