Health effects of exposure to radon : time for reassessment? /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994.
Colección:BEIR (Series) ; 6.
Temas:
Radon > Health aspects.
Radon > Toxicology.
Radiation carcinogenesis.
Risk assessment.
Radon > toxicity
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
Lung Neoplasms > chemically induced
Risk Assessment
Radon > Toxicologie.
Tumeurs dues aux radiations.
Évaluation du risque.
risk assessment.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Safety.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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