Exposure of the American population to radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests : a review of the CDC-NCI draft report on a feasibility study of the health consequences to the American population from nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States and other nations / Committee to Review the CDC-NCI Feasibility Study of the Health Consequences from Nuclear Weapons Tests, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the CDC-NCI Feasibility Study of the Health Consequences from Nuclear Weapons Tests.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Nuclear weapons testing victims.

Ionizing radiation--Dosage--United States.

Ionizing radiation.

Radiation carcinogenesis--United States.

Radiation carcinogenesis.

Nuclear warfare.

Radiation--Dosage.

Radiation.

Radioactive Fallout--adverse effects.

Environmental Exposure.

Nuclear Warfare.

Radiation Dosage.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Radioactive Fallout--adverse effects.

Environmental Exposure.

Nuclear Warfare.

Radiation Dosage.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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Contents:

""EXPOSURE OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION TO RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""METHODS USED TO ESTIMATE DOSES AND HEALTH EFFECTS""; ""Sources of information""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT""; ""THE CONGRESSIONALLY REQUESTED FEASIBILITY STUDY""; ""THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL'S INVOLVEMENT""; ""2 THE COMMITTEE'S REVIEW""; ""TECHNICAL APPROACH AND CONTENTS OF THE DRAFT REPORT""; ""ASSESSMENT OF THE DOSE RECONSTRUCTION""

""Deposition Density of Nevada Test Site Fallout Radionuclides""""Iodine-131""; ""Other Radionuclides""; ""External Doses from Nevada Test Site Fallout""; ""Internal Doses from Nevada Test Site Fallout""; ""Deposition Density of Global Fallout Radionuclides""; ""External Doses from Global Fallout""; ""Internal Doses from Global Fallout""; ""DOCUMENT LOCATION AND RETRIEVAL""; ""ASSESSMENT OF THE ESTIMATES OF CANCER RISK""; ""THE VALUE OF FURTHER REFINEMENTS OF THE 131I NEVADA TEST SITE CALCULATIONS AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS""; ""Dosimetric Refinements""; ""Epidemiologic Refinements""

""COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT EXPOSURE AND CANCER RISK""""Overview of the Proposed Communication Plan""; ""The 131I/Nevada Test Site Communication Plan""; ""Would Adapting the 131I/Nevada Test Site Communication Plan Work for the Feasibility Study?""; ""Communication Issues for Option 1""; ""COMMENTS ON THE OPTIONS FOR FUTURE WORK""; ""3 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Estimates of dose from Nevada Test Site and global fallout""; ""Document location and retrieval""; ""Estimates of cancer and non-cancer risks""; ""Communication with the public about exposure and cancer risk""

""REFERENCES""""Appendix A SPECIFIC COMMENTS""; ""APPENDIX B COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES""; ""FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING""; ""SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING""; ""THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING""; ""FOURTH COMMITTEE MEETING""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS""; ""Committee Biographies""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-40).

Other Format:

Print version: Exposure of the American population to radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests.

ISBN:

9786610180233

9780309168465

0309168465

9781280180231

1280180234

9780309566483

0309566487

OCLC:

932320221