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Health effects of exposure to radon : time for reassessment? / Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI), Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- BEIR (Series) ; 6.
- BEIR ; 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radon--Health aspects.
- Radon.
- Radon--Toxicology.
- Radiation carcinogenesis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (114 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book evaluates recently published data related to the risk associated with human exposure to radon and radon progeny and assesses whether sufficient and appropriate new information is available to deem necessary a reassessment of health risks due to exposure to radon.
- Contents:
- HEALTH EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO RADON: Time for Reassessment?
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Radiation Biology and Carcinogenesis
- INTRODUCTION
- RANGE AND TRACK STRUCTURE OF PARTICLES EMITTED BY RADON PROGENY
- RADIATION BIOLOGY OF -PARTICLE IRRADIATION
- Cell Lethaity
- Mutations in Cultured Cells
- Oncogenic Transformation In Vitro
- Comparison of Effects In Vivo and In Vitro
- Carcinogenesis in Laboratory Animals
- RBE VERSUS LET
- DOSE-RATE EFFECTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RISK ESTIMATES
- MECHANISMS OF CARCINOGENESIS
- MARKERS OF EXPOSURE
- SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- 3 Exposure-Dose Relations
- STATUS OF STUDIES
- 4 Epidemiologic Investigations
- STUDIES OF MINERS
- Overview
- Cohorts of Miners
- Lung Cancer in Pooled Analysis of 11 Cohorts
- Assessment of Uncertainty in Lifetime Risk Estimates
- Nonrespiratory Cancers
- Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases
- STUDIES OF LUNG CANCER IN THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT
- Case-Control Studies
- Status
- Problems and Limitations
- Ecologic Studies
- Radon-Induced Cancers Other than Lung Cancer
- Studies of Miners
- Studies of Lung Cancer in the General Environment
- Literature Cited
- Information on Committee Members.
- Notes:
- "B-453"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-91).
- ISBN:
- 1-280-19336-0
- 9786610193363
- 0-309-58692-5
- 0-585-00179-0
- OCLC:
- 42854084
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