Health risks of radon and other internally deposited alpha-emitters : BEIR IV / National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations, author.

Series:

BEIR Health risks of radon and other internally deposited alpha-emitters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radiation--Environmental aspects.

Radiation.

Alpha rays--Health aspects.

Alpha rays.

Radioisotopes in the body--Health aspects.

Radioisotopes in the body.

Radon--Health aspects.

Radon.

Health risk assessment.

Risk.

Health status indicators.

Radiation Effects.

Radioactive Pollutants--adverse effects.

Radon--adverse effects.

Health Status Indicators.

Medical Subjects:

Radiation Effects.

Radioactive Pollutants--adverse effects.

Radon--adverse effects.

Risk.

Health Status Indicators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (623 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, [District of Columbia] : National Academy Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes hazards from radon progeny and other alpha-emitters that humans may inhale or ingest from their environment. In their analysis, the authors summarize in one document clinical and epidemiological evidence, the results of animal studies, research on alpha-particle damage at the cellular level, metabolic pathways for internal alpha-emitters, dosimetry and microdosimetry of radionuclides deposited in specific tissues, and the chemical toxicity of some low-specific-activity alpha-emitters. Techniques for estimating the risks to humans posed by radon and other internally deposited alpha-emitters are offered, along with a discussion of formulas, models, methods, and the level of uncertainty inherent in the risk estimates.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 27, 2016).

ISBN:

9780309589345

0309589347