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Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

BEIR V

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR V)

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Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

BEIR V

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR V)

This book reevaluates the health risks of ionizing radiation in light of data that have become available since the 1980 report on this subject was published. The data include new, much more reliable dose estimates for the A-bomb survivors, the results of an additional 14 years of follow-up of the survivors for cancer mortality, recent results of follow-up studies of persons irradiated for medical purposes, and results of relevant experiments with laboratory animals and cultured cells. It analyzes the data in terms of risk estimates for specific organs in relation to dose and time after exposure, and compares radiation effects between Japanese and Western populations.

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0309039959

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Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

BEIR V

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR V)

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Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

BEIR V

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR V)

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Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

BEIR V

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR V)

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Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

BEIR V

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR V)

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Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

BEIR VII Phase 2

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radiation Effects Research,Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

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Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

BEIR VII Phase 2

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radiation Effects Research,Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

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 "linear-no-threshold" (LNT) risk modelâ€"that 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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030909156X

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9780309091565

A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radiation Effects Research,Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency

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A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radiation Effects Research,Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency

From 1945 through 1962, the US atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program involved hundreds of thousands of military and civilian personnel, and some of them were exposed to ionizing radiation. Veterans' groups have since been concerned that their members' health was affected by radiation exposure associated with participation in nuclear tests and have pressured Congress for disability compensation. Several pieces of legislation have been passed to compensate both military and civilian personnel for such health effects. Veterans' concerns about the accuracy of reconstructed doses prompted Congress to have the General Accounting Office (GAO) review the dose reconstruction program used to estimate exposure. The GAO study concluded that dose reconstruction is a valid method of estimating radiation dose and could be used as the basis of compensation. It also recommended an independent review of the dose reconstruction program. The result of that recommendation was a congressional mandate that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a part of the Department of Defense, ask the National Research Council to conduct an independent review of the dose reconstruction program. In response to that request, the National Research Council established the Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in the Board on Radiation Effects Research (BRER). The committee randomly selected sample records of doses that had been reconstructed by DTRA and carefully evaluated them. The committee's report describes its findings and provides responses to many of the questions that have been raised by the veterans.

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0309168023

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9780309168021

The Human Radiation Experiments

By: United States. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

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The Human Radiation Experiments

By: United States. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

This book describes in fascinating detail the variety of experiments sponsored by the U.S. government in which human subjects were exposed to radiation, often without their knowledge or consent. Based on a review of hundreds of thousands of heretofore unavailable or classified documents, this Report tells a gripping story of the intricate relationship between science and the state.Under the thick veil of government secrecy, researchers conducted experiments that ranged from the mundane to such egregious violations as administering radioactive tracers to mentally retarded teenagers, injecting plutonium into hospital patients, and intentionally releasing radiation into the environment. This volume concludes with a discussion of the Committee's key findings and guidelines for changes in institutional review boards, ethics rules and policies, and balancing national security interests with individual rights. Ethicists, public health professionals and those interested in the history of medicine and Cold War history will be intrigued by the findings of this landmark report.

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Oxford University Press

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0195107926

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Mortality of Veteran Participants in the CROSSROADS Nuclear Test

By: Committee on the CROSSROADS Nuclear Test,Institute of Medicine

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Mortality of Veteran Participants in the CROSSROADS Nuclear Test

By: Committee on the CROSSROADS Nuclear Test,Institute of Medicine

In 1946, approximately 40,000 U.S. military personnel participated in Operation CROSSROADS, an atmospheric nuclear test that took place at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Congress passed a law directing the Veterans Administration to determine whether there were any long-term adverse health effects associated with exposure to ionizing radiation from the detonation of nuclear devices. This book contains the results of an extensive epidemiological study of the mortality of participants compared with a similar group of nonparticipants. Topics of discussion include a breakdown of the study rationale; an overview of other studies of veteran participants in nuclear tests; and descriptions of Operation CROSSROADS, data sources for the study, participant and comparison cohorts, exposure details, mortality ascertainment, and findings and conclusions.

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0309589770

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Airline Passenger Security Screening

New Technologies and Implementation Issues

By: Committee on Commercial Aviation Security,Panel on Passenger Screening,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Materials Advisory Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

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Airline Passenger Security Screening

New Technologies and Implementation Issues

This book addresses new technologies being considered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for screening airport passengers for concealed weapons and explosives. The FAA is supporting the development of promising new technologies that can reveal the presence not only of metal-based weapons as with current screening technologies, but also detect plastic explosives and other non-metallic threat materials and objects, and is concerned that these new technologies may not be appropriate for use in airports for other than technical reasons. This book presents discussion of the health, legal, and public acceptance issues that are likely to be raised regarding implementation of improvements in the current electromagnetic screening technologies, implementation of screening systems that detect traces of explosive materials on passengers, and implementation of systems that generate images of passengers beneath their clothes for analysis by human screeners.

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0309561124

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9780309561129

Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radiation Effects Research,Committee to Assess the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program

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Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was set up by Congress in 1990 to compensate people who have been diagnosed with specified cancers and chronic diseases that could have resulted from exposure to nuclear-weapons tests at various U.S. test sites. Eligible claimants include civilian onsite participants, downwinders who lived in areas currently designated by RECA, and uranium workers and ore transporters who meet specified residence or exposure criteria. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which oversees the screening, education, and referral services program for RECA populations, asked the National Academies to review its program and assess whether new scientific information could be used to improve its program and determine if additional populations or geographic areas should be covered under RECA. The report recommends Congress should establish a new science-based process using a method called "probability of causation/assigned share" (PC/AS) to determine eligibility for compensation. Because fallout may have been higher for people outside RECA-designated areas, the new PC/AS process should apply to all residents of the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and overseas US territories who have been diagnosed with specific RECA-compensable diseases and who may have been exposed, even in utero, to radiation from U.S. nuclear-weapons testing fallout. However, because the risks of radiation-induced disease are generally low at the exposure levels of concern in RECA populations, in most cases it is unlikely that exposure to radioactive fallout was a substantial contributing cause of cancer.

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0309096103

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Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency

A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency

The Human Radiation Experiments

The Human Radiation Experiments

Mortality of Veteran Participants in the CROSSROADS Nuclear Test

Mortality of Veteran Participants in the CROSSROADS Nuclear Test

Airline Passenger Security Screening

Airline Passenger Security Screening

Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program

Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program

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