Main Title |
Health effects of exposure to radon : time for reassessment? / |
Other Authors |
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CORP Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI). |
Publisher |
National Academy Press, |
Year Published |
1994 |
Report Number |
X820576-01-0 |
OCLC Number |
30565493 |
ISBN |
0309050871; 9780309050876 |
Subjects |
Radon--Health aspects ;
Radon--Toxicology ;
Radiation carcinogenesis ;
Radon--toxicity ;
Lung Neoplasms--chemically induced ;
Risk Assessment ;
Radioisotopes in the body--Health aspects ;
Health risk assessment ;
Alpha rays--Health aspects
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EIAM |
RA1247.R33H43 1994 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
07/14/2006 |
EJEM |
RC95.A42H44 1994 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
06/24/1994 |
ESAM |
RA1247.R33H43 1994 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
10/11/1996 |
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Collation |
xvii, 94 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Notes |
"B-453"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-91). |
Contents Notes |
Radiation biology and carcinogenesis -- Range and track structure of [alpha] particles emitted by radon progeny -- Radiation biology of [alpha]-particle irradiation -- Cell lethality -- Mutation 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 -- Exposure-dose relations -- Status of studies -- Epidemiologic investigations -- Studies of miners -- 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 -- Status -- Problems and limitations -- Radon-induced cancers other than lung cancer -- Studies of miners -- Studies of lung cancer in the general environment. |