Exposure of the American people to Iodine-131 from Nevada nuclear-bomb tests : review of the National Cancer Institute report and public health implications / Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, and Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Scienes, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Environmental Protection Agency.

Ionizing radiation--Dosage.

Ionizing radiation.

Iodine--Isotopes--Toxicology--United States.

Iodine.

Nuclear weapons testing victims--Health risk assessment--United States.

Nuclear weapons testing victims.

Thyroid gland--Cancer--United States--Epidemiology.

Thyroid gland.

Radiation carcinogenesis--United States.

Radiation carcinogenesis.

Iodine in the body.

Radiation, Background--Health aspects.

Radiation, Background.

Radiation Protection.

Radiation, Ionizing.

Iodine Radioisotopes.

Legislation as Topic.

Radiation Dosage.

Radioactive Pollutants.

Nevada National Security Site (Nev.).

United States.

Medical Subjects:

United States. Environmental Protection Agency.

Radiation Protection.

Radiation, Ionizing.

Iodine Radioisotopes.

Legislation as Topic.

Radiation Dosage.

Radioactive Pollutants.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1997, after more than a decade of research, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report which provided their assessment of radiation exposures that Americans may have received from radioactive iodine released from the atomic bomb tests conducted in Nevada during the 1950s and early 1960s. This book provides an evaluation of the soundness of the methodology used by the NCI study to estimate: Past radiation doses. Possible health consequences of exposure to iodine-131. Implications for clinical practice. Possible public health strategies--such as systematic screening for thyroid cancer--to respond to the exposures. In addition, the book provides an evaluation of the NCI estimates of the number of thyroid cancers that might result from the nuclear testing program and provides guidance on approaches the U.S. government might use to communicate with the public about Iodine-131 exposures and health risks.

Contents:

Front Matter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Review of the NCI Radiation Dose Reconstruction

3 Health Risks of I-131 Exposure

4 Implications for Clinical Practice and Public Health Policy

5 Communicating with the Public about Exposure to Iodine-131

6 Research Needs

References

Glossary

Appendix A Study Activities

Appendix B Copy of the Memorandum from Dr. Charles Land to Dr. Richard Klausner

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Staff, National Research Council. Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests : Review of the National Cancer Institute Report and Public Health Implications.

ISBN:

9786612081378

9780309173698

0309173698

9781282081376

1282081373

9780309522489

030952248X

9780585047294

0585047294

OCLC:

923258138