Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation:

BEIR VII Phase 2

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Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, National Research Council
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This book is the seventh in a series of titles from the National Research Council that addresses the effects of exposure to low dose LET (Linear Energy Transfer) ionizing radiation and human health. Updating information previously presented in the 1990 ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Public Summary & Executive Summary	1-18	(skim)
1 Background Information	19-42	(skim)
2 Molecular and Cellular Responses to Ionizing Radiation	43-64	(skim)
3 Radiation-Induced Cancer: Mechanisms, Quantitative Experimental Studies and the Role of Genetic Factors	65-90	(skim)
4 Heritable Genetic Effects of Radiation in Human Populations	91-131	(skim)
5 Background for Epidemiologic Methods	132-140	(skim)
6 Atomic Bomb Survivor Studies	141-154	(skim)
7 Medical Radiation Studies	155-188	(skim)
8 Occupational Radiation Studies	189-206	(skim)
9 Environmental Radiation Studies	207-238	(skim)
10 Integration of Biology and Epidemiology	239-258	(skim)
11 Risk Assessment Models and Methods	259-266	(skim)
12 Estimating Cancer Risk	267-312	(skim)
13 Summary and Research Needs	313-324	(skim)
Appendix A: Basic Biological and Genetic Concepts	325-328	(skim)
Appendix B: Commetary on "Radiation from Medical Procedures in the Pathogenesis of Cancer and Ischemic Heart Disease: Dose-Response Studies with Physicians per 100,000 Populations"	329-329	(skim)
Appendix C: Issues Raised by the Institute for Energy and Environment Research (IEER)	330-331	(skim)
Appendix D: Hormesis	332-335	(skim)
Appendix E: Fifteen-Country Workers Study	336-336	(skim)
References	337-372	(skim)
Glossary	373-378	(skim)
Committee Biographies	379-384	(skim)
Index	385-406	(skim)

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This book is the seventh in a series of titles from the National Research Council that addresses the effects of exposure to low dose LET (Linear Energy Transfer) ionizing radiation and human health. Updating information previously presented in the 1990 publication, Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: BEIR V, this book draws upon new data in both epidemiologic and experimental research. Ionizing radiation arises from both natural and man-made sources and at very high doses can produce damaging effects in human tissue that can be evident within days after exposure. However, it is the low-dose exposures that are the focus of this book. So-called late effects, such as cancer, are produced many years after the initial exposure. This book is among the first of its kind to include detailed risk estimates for cancer incidence in addition to cancer mortality. BEIR VII offers a full review of the available biological, biophysical, and epidemiological literature since the last BEIR report on the subject and develops the most up-to-date and comprehensive risk estimates for cancer and other health effects from exposure to low-level ionizing radiation.

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