Exposure of the American people to Iodine-131 from Nevada nuclear-bomb tests : review of the National Cancer Institute report and public health implications /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
Subjects:
Ionizing radiation > Dosage.
Iodine > Isotopes > Toxicology > United States.
Nuclear weapons testing victims > Health risk assessment > United States.
Thyroid gland > Cancer > United States > Epidemiology.
Radiation carcinogenesis > United States.
Radiation > Dosage.
Public health.
Ionizing radiation.
Radiation Dosage
Environmental Exposure > adverse effects
Public Health
Public Policy
Radiation Effects
Radiation, Ionizing
Rayonnement ionisant > Dose.
Iode > Isotopes > Toxicologie > États-Unis.
Victimes d'essais nucléaires > Risques pour la santé > Évaluation > États-Unis.
Tumeurs dues aux radiations > États-Unis.
Rayonnement > Dose.
Santé publique.
Rayonnement ionisant.
public health.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Contagious.
Iodine > Isotopes > Toxicology.
Radiation carcinogenesis.
Thyroid gland > Cancer > Epidemiology.
Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)
United States
Nevada Test Site (Nev.)
Nevada > Nevada National Security Site.
United States.
Electronic books.
EBooks (www)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Review of the NCI Radiation Dose Reconstruction
  • 3. Health Risks of I-131 Exposure
  • 4. Implications for Clinical Practice and Public Health Policy
  • 5. Communicating with the Public about Exposure to I-131
  • 6. Research Needs
  • App. A. Study Activities
  • App. B. Copy of the Memorandum from Dr. Charles Land to Dr. Richard Klausner
  • App. C. Calculation of Collective Thyroid Dose to the U.S. Population from the Release of [superscript 131]I from the Nuclear Weapons Tests in Nevada
  • App. D. Thyroid Cancer in Idaho, 1970-1996
  • App. E. Applicable Radiation Exposure Standards and Guides: Past and Present
  • App. F. Screening for Thyroid Cancer: Background Paper.

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